Definition of wader Wader
/wejˈdɚ/ - [weyder] - wad•er
We found 7 definitions of wader from 4 different sources.
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What does wader mean?
WordNet
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| wader - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | ||
| wading bird | ||
| aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water | ||
| stork large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | ||
| balaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebird large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe | ||
| ibis wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills | ||
| spoonbill wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon | ||
| flamingo large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes | ||
| heron grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill | ||
| crane large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world | ||
| aramus guarauna, courlan wading bird of South America and Central America | ||
| aramus pictus, limpkin wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call | ||
| cariama cristata, crested cariama, seriema Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama | ||
| chunga, chunga burmeisteri, seriema Argentinian Cariama | ||
| rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | ||
| bustard large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | ||
| bustard quail, button-quail, button quail, hemipode small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains | ||
| ortygan any of several East Indian birds | ||
| pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains | ||
| trumpeter large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wader (Noun)
One who wades. - wader (Noun)
A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc. - wader (Noun)
A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wader (n.)
One who, or that which, wades. - wader (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- wader, noun, singular of waders.
