wading bird

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wading bird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wading \Wad"ing\,
     a. & n. from Wade, v.
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     Wading bird. (Zool.) See Wader, 2.
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  Wader \Wad"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, wades.
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     2. (Zool.) 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.
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wading bird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wading bird
      n 1: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search
           of food [syn: wading bird, wader]