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wader
[ wey-der ]
noun
- a person or thing that wades.
- Also called wading bird. any of various large birds having long legs, long necks, and long bills, that are adapted for wading in shallow waters and living on fish, frogs, etc., as the crane, heron, stork, shoebill, ibis, and flamingo.
- British. any of various ground-nesting shorebirds of small to moderate size, as the gull, tern, skimmer, phalarope, and plover.
- waders, high, waterproof boots used for wading, as by fishermen, duck hunters, or laborers.
wader
/ ˈɱɪə /
noun
- a person or thing that wades
- Also calledwading bird any of various long-legged birds, esp those of the order Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, etc), that live near water and feed on fish, etc
- a Brit name for shore bird
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The rescue team donned waders and marched into a murky Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire.
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About 20 minutes later, a rescue boat found a kayak, paddles and waders.
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About 20 minutes later, a kayak, paddles and waders were found, but the boys were nowhere to be seen.
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Drones have been buzzing over Welsh wetlands this year as researchers try to find curlew nests and save the upland wader from extinction.
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“So basically people with waders and canoes are going throughout the community.”
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