wader
n.
one who wades; wading boots; wading bird (heron, egret, flamingo, etc.)
Wader
Waders, called shorebirds in
North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading
birds such as
storks and
herons), are members of the
order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed
seabird groups. The latter are the
skuas (Stercorariidae),
gulls (Laridae),
terns (Sternidae),
skimmers (Rhynchopidae), and
auks (Alcidae). Also, the
pratincoles (Glareolidae) and the
Crab Plover (Dromadidae), which bear greater resemblance to waders, are closely related to the seabirds.
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wader
Noun
1. any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
(synonym) wading bird
(hypernym) aquatic bird
(hyponym) stork
(derivation) wade
wader (de)
n.
wader
Wader
(n.)
One who, or that which, wades.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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