wading bird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wading bird
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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“Be nice,” Whiton warned the dinosaur-like wading bird.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
A routine check on a hamerkop — a medium-sized wading bird — that had died last week found that it tested positive for the disease.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Ms. Van Gorder said they found one of their captured pythons had consumed an entire adult great blue heron, an indigenous wading bird with a 6-foot wingspan.
From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2022
"Almost every sort of wading bird is here."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022
They saw also the “boat-bill,” or “crab-eater,” a curious wading bird of the heron kind, with a large bill shaped like two boats laid with their concave sides against each other.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne
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