red-foot—hatchet-bill (an American bird):
- Small and longwinged, the male red-foot was indeed handsome.
red-leg—
1. (U.S.) an artilleryman:
- Artillerymen are known as “red legs” due to the red stripes traditionally worn on the trousers of their dress uniforms.
2. a red-legged partridge or a redshank:
- The red-legged partridge is not a native of this country. In 1826 the red-legs were reported “now plentiful in Suffolk.”
3. a bacterial disease of frogs:
- Since 1890, septicemic frog disease (red-leg) has had a devastating effect on frogs kept under laboratory conditions.