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Meaning of WADER

Pronunciation:  'weydur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
 
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 Synonyms: wading bird
 
 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
 
 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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