wading bird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wading bird
First recorded in 1840–50
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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 Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
"Almost every sort of wading bird is here."
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022
Did it prowl through currents in pursuit of prey, as recent research has suggested, or seek its quarry in the shallows more like an enormous wading bird?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
The long legs indicate that this is a wading bird.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
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