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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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