wading bird : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wading bird	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wading bird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wading bird n any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food Synonym(s): wading bird, wader
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wader \Wad"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, wades. 2. (Zo[94]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wading \Wad"ing\, a. & n. from {Wade}, v. {Wading bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wader}, 2.