wader

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Waterproof hip boots or trousers worn especially while fishing.

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One who or that which wades.

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In ornithology, any bird belonging to the old order Grallæ or Grallatores, comprising a great number of long-legged wading birds, as distinguished from those water-birds which have short legs and webbed feet and habitually swim.

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High water-proof boots worn by fishermen or sportsmen in general for wading through water.

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One who, or that which, wades.

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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.

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One who wades.

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A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.

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A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.