wading bird


Origin of wading bird

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First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby wading bird

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How to use wading bird in a sentence

  • The white ibis (Ibis melanocephala) is another wading bird, rather smaller than the spoonbill and with considerably shorter legs.

    Glimpses of Indian Birds | Douglas Dewar
  • He wrote afterward that he had for the first time to study how a wading bird walked on both sides of a median line.

    The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle