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An ungainly waddler ashore, Castor canadensis spends 80% of its life in water, where it's as agile as a 50-lb. minnow.

From Time Magazine Archive

The waddler prudently retired, but the Spitz, with all the disproportionate courage of a knight of old attacking a fire-breathing dragon, lanced himself in front of the car.

From The Princess Passes by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

The Swan is very graceful in the water, but on land it is an awkward waddler.

From Child's Book of Water Birds by Anonymous

"Oh, is it you, old waddler?" said she; "I weep because my golden ball has fallen into the well."

From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Crane, Lucy

Now what’s the use, Of letting that old waddler have Such a pretty thing as that?

From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne