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wad·er
(wā′dər)n.
1. See wading bird.
2. waders Waterproof hip boots or pants extending above the waist and supported by suspenders, worn especially while fishing.
wader
(ˈweɪdə)n
1. a person or thing that wades
2. (Animals) Also called: wading bird any of various long-legged birds, esp those of the order Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, etc), that live near water and feed on fish, etc
3. (Animals) a Brit name for shore bird
wad•er
(ˈweɪ dər)n.
1. a person or thing that wades.
2. wading bird.
3. waders, high, waterproof boots or pants with attached boots, worn for wading while fishing, hunting, etc.
[1665–75]
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| Noun | 1. |  wader - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of foodaquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage Balaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebird - large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe ibis - wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills spoonbill - wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon flamingo - large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes heron - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill crane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world Aramus guarauna, courlan - wading bird of South America and Central America Aramus pictus, limpkin - wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call Cariama cristata, crested cariama, seriema - Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama rail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud bustard - large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes bustard quail, button quail, button-quail, hemipode - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains ortygan - any of several East Indian birds Pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer - small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains trumpeter - large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
Translations
طائِر يَخوصُ الماء من أجْل الغِذاء
vadefugl
gázlómadár
vaîfugl
brodivý vták
su kuşu
wader
n
(Orn) → Watvogel m
waders pl (= boots) → Watstiefel pl
wade
(weid) verb1. to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty. He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.
2. to cross (a river etc) by wading. We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.
ˈwader noun any of several types of bird that wade in search of food.