Meaning of WADER
| Pronunciation: | | 'weydur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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| | Synonyms: | | wading bird |
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| | See Also: | | aquatic bird, Aramus guarauna, Aramus pictus, Balaeniceps rex, bustard, bustard quail, button quail, buttonquail, Cariama cristata, chunga, Chunga burmeisteri, courlan, crane, crested cariama, flamingo, hemipode, heron, ibis, limicoline bird, limpkin, ortygan, Pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer, rail, seriema, shoebill, shoebird, shore bird, shorebird, spoonbill, stork, trumpeter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wad"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, wades.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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