wading bird

English

Etymology

From wading +‎ bird.

Noun

wading bird (plural wading birds)

1. Any of various long-legged birds, such as cranes (Gruidae), herons (Ardeidae), storks (Ciconiidae), or flamingos (Phoenicopteridae), that wade in shallow water in search of food.

   Synonym: wader

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wading,‎ bird.

Translations

long-legged bird

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涉禽 (zh) (shèqín)

• Danish: vadefugl (da) c
• Dutch: waadvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: kahlaaja (fi)
• German: Watvogel (de) m, Stelzvogel m
• Hungarian: gázló (hu), gázlómadár (hu)
• Icelandic: vaðfugl (is) m
• Italian: uccelli limicoli m pl, trampoliere (it) m, uccello di ripa m
• Malay: burung randuk
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vadefugl m

  Nynorsk: vadefugl m

• Polish: ptak brodzący m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: eun-grunnachaidh m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “wading bird”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.