Wader

2 definitions found

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

  Wader \Wad"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, wades.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) 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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wader
       n : any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search
           of food [syn: {wading bird}]