- a person or thing that wades
- Also called: wading bird any of various long-legged birds, esp those of the order Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, etc), that live near water and feed on fish, etc
- a Brit name for shore bird
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
wad•er /ˈweɪdɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- one that wades.
- BirdsAlso called ˈwad•ing ˌbird. a long-legged bird that wades in water in search of food.
- Clothing waders, [plural] high waterproof boots or pants worn for wading or while fishing.
wad•er
(wā′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that wades.
- BirdsAlso called wading bird. any of various large birds having long legs, long necks, and long bills, that are adapted for wading in shallow waters and living on fish, frogs, etc., as the crane, heron, stork, shoebill, ibis, and flamingo.
- Birds, British Terms[Brit.]any of various ground-nesting shorebirds of small to moderate size, as the gull, tern, skimmer, phalarope, and plover.
- waders, high, waterproof boots used for wading, as by fishermen, duck hunters, or laborers.
- wade + -er1 1665–75
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wader /ˈweɪdə/ n
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