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wading bird

Definition:

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

Class:

animal noun

Plural:

wading birds

Type of:

aquatic bird » bird » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

bustard | button quail | chunga | crane | crested cariama | flamingo | heron | ibis | limpkin | limpkin | ortygan | plain wanderer | rail | shoebill | shorebird | spoonbill | stork | trumpeter

Synonym:

wader

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