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
"Almost every sort of wading bird is here."
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022
It’s also likely propelling an overall decline in other wading bird species in the Everglades that last year reached a decade-long low.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2017
Pickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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