The veined octopus under study manages a behavioral trick that the researchers call stilt walking. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The veined octopus under study manages a behavioural trick that the researchers call stilt walking. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
These birds are of the plover family, and might with propriety be called the stilt plovers. From Wordnik.com. [The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2] Reference
For real - because there will be stilt walking lessons. From Wordnik.com. [Jen Consalvo: Hot Party, Cool Technologies] Reference
There will be magic shows, stilt walkers, and a hay maze. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
People who actually witnessed these events are stilt alive. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Dholgyal with reference to the views of past masters and other related matters] Reference
The speed that the stilt walkers attain is easily explained. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The term worser has gone out of use; but lesser is stilt retained. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
That of St. Basil, which is stilt retained by the Oriental monks; 2. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
Some few years ago, several of these stilt-walkers were to be seen in. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering] Reference
Sylvain Dornon, the stilt walker of Landes, started from Paris on the. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
Many associated dicot canopy species have stilt roots or pneumatophores. From Wordnik.com. [Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests] Reference
A sketch, with engraving, of Sylvain Dornon, the stilt walker of Landes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
River protection will directly benefit the intensively managed black stilt. From Wordnik.com. [Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands] Reference
When you're trading dance moves with a costumed stilt-walker, anything goes. From Wordnik.com. [Where is that? And Woo Hoo!] Reference
Meuon was last seen hauling half of his stilt house away towards a new future. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Marriages in 2008 Lasted Longer Than National Average] Reference
Nearly all the homes there are built on stilt, some of them higher than others. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008] Reference
Trees with buttresses, stilt roots, and pneumatophores are common in some areas. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran freshwater swamp forests] Reference
People who are unafraid to look like the offspring of a gazelle and a stilt clown. From Wordnik.com. [Alt Text: Powerbocks Steal Dork Prize From Segways] Reference
River sediments upstream of marine intrusions are made up of stilt gravel and sand. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil] Reference
Stopping before the bridge, Mirar looked up at the two-story stilt house and smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Voice of the Gods]
Water at the resort, which is designed in the style of Dao stilt houses, is solar-heated. From Wordnik.com. [The Match Game] Reference
I looked into the open door as my head bobbed by at the height of the stilt-raised floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
When fishing vessels moored in front of stilt houses come into view we know we've arrived. From Wordnik.com. [One Hour Out: Kuala Lumpur] Reference
To-day the sight of a stilt walker is a curiosity almost as great at Bordeaux as at Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The trunk has better form than that of Casuarina papuana; in swamps it may be stilt-rooted. From Wordnik.com. [8. Recommendations and Research Needs] Reference
Tawny had stiletto-heeled stilt legs, a centerfold's figure and about 20 gallons of flowing red hair. From Wordnik.com. [Skanks, But No Skanks] Reference
There I stood like a stork on one stilt and presented arms with the other, as I continued scoffing at him. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
Any boy with tools, timber and leather for straps can make "Gadabouts," and the arm stilt is still simpler. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
The final chapter has not been written on this, and we're still moving forward, so there's stilt a lot we can do. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2003] Reference
It launched its first Festival of Fools this summer with jugglers, mimes, stilt walkers and other street performers. From Wordnik.com. [Small City, Big Charms] Reference
After high school, he hitchhiked around Europe, spending time in Paris and London, where he met jugglers and stilt walkers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2005] Reference
She came on, moving on shoes like Japanese water shoes, completely mystifying as to how she balanced on the stilt-like soles. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
Up to recent years scarcely any merry-makings occurred in the villages of Gascony that were not accompanied with stilt races. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
I, who resided there by reason of the affairs of Spain, the municipality sent an escort of young Landese stilt walkers to meet her. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
The stilt walkers of Landes not only attain a great speed, but are capable of traveling long distances without appreciable fatigue. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
Bryde, walking step for step with him on the lea he was breaking, and her hand would sometimes be beside his on the stilt of the plough. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The workshops, which cover topics ranging from slapstick to stilt walking, are meant to encourage leadership, creativity and cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [CLOWNS: THE BEST MEDICINE?] Reference
Montpelier, whereas I personally ought by rights to be able, in view of my virtuosity as a stilt-walker, to trace my ancestry back to the. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
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