wader

Waterproof hip boots or trousers worn especially while fishing.

One who or that which wades.

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.

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

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.