wading bird

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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