Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A long-legged bird, such as a crane, heron, or stork, that frequents shallow water, especially in search of food. Also called wader.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various long-legged birds, of the order Ciconiiformes, such as cranes, herons, or storks, that wade in shallow water in search of food.
GNU Webster's 1913
- (Zoöl.) See Wader, 2.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
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ENVI - Collocations TUVWXYZ
An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
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Bird birds
Birds that have the word bird in their names. (This list also includes some general descriptions of certain kinds of birds - wading birds, water birds, &c.) For other bird-related fun (especially p...
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