'Wading bird' definitions:

Definition of 'wading bird'

From: WordNet
noun
Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food [syn: wading bird, wader]

Definition of 'Wading bird'

From: GCIDE
  • Wading \Wad"ing\, a. & n. from Wade, v. [1913 Webster]
  • Wading bird. (Zool.) See Wader, 2. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'wading bird'

From: GCIDE
  • Wader \Wad"er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, wades. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) 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, under Aves. [1913 Webster]