Wading bird

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• wading bird — 1> болотная птица …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• wading bird — болотная птица …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• wading bird — Wader Wad er, n. 1. One who, or that which, wades. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any long legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; called also {wading bird}. See Illust. g,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wading bird — ˈweɪdɪŋbə:d болотная птица (журавль, цапля и т.п) болотная птица …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• wading bird — noun Date: 1840 any of an order (Ciconiiformes) of long legged birds (as herons, bitterns, storks, and ibises) that wade in water in search of food …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wading bird — wader (def. 2). [1840 50] * * * …   Universalium

• wading bird — noun Any of various long legged birds, of the order Ciconiiformes, such as cranes, herons, or storks, that wade in shallow water in search of food. Syn: wader …   Wiktionary

• Wading — Wad ing, a. & n. from {Wade}, v. [1913 Webster] {Wading bird}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Wader}, 2. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …   Universalium

• Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …   Universalium