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wader
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wader has 1 sense
- wader(n = noun.animal) wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food; Array is a kind of aquatic bird
has particulars: stork, balaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebird, ibis, spoonbill, flamingo, heron, crane, aramus guarauna, courlan, aramus pictus, limpkin, cariama cristata, crested cariama, seriema, chunga, chunga burmeisteri, seriema, rail, bustard, bustard quail, button-quail, button quail, hemipode, ortygan, pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer, trumpeter, limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
Derived form verb wade1
CIDE DICTIONARY
wader, n.
- One who, or that which, wades. [1913 Webster]
- Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also
wading bird . See Illust.g , under Aves. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wader, n.
1 a a person who wades. b a wading bird, esp. any of various birds of the order Charadriiformes.
2 (in pl.) high waterproof boots, or a waterproof garment for the legs and body, worn in fishing etc.
1 a a person who wades. b a wading bird, esp. any of various birds of the order Charadriiformes.
2 (in pl.) high waterproof boots, or a waterproof garment for the legs and body, worn in fishing etc.
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