noun
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
• Syn: ↑wader
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic bird
• Hyponyms:
↑stork, ↑shoebill, ↑shoebird, ↑Balaeniceps rex, ↑ibis, ↑spoonbill, ↑flamingo, ↑heron, ↑crane, ↑courlan, ↑Aramus guarauna, ↑limpkin, ↑Aramus pictus, ↑crested cariama, ↑seriema, ↑Cariama cristata, ↑chunga, ↑Chunga burmeisteri, ↑rail, ↑bustard, ↑button quail, ↑button-quail, ↑bustard quail, ↑hemipode, ↑ortygan, ↑plain wanderer, ↑Pedionomus torquatus, ↑trumpeter, ↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird
Useful english dictionary. 2012.