Vadantes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vadantes \Va*dan"tes\, n. pl. [NL., from L. vadans, p. pr. of
     vadare to wade, to ford.] (Zool.)
     An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading,
     swimming, and cursorial birds.
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