WADER


Meaning of WADER in English

noun

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■ ADJECTIVE

small

Long-billed, small to large waders .

Generally the commonest small wader of the shore, very variable in size, northern breeding birds larger than southern ones.

Short-billed, small to medium-sized waders .

The only small short-billed wader looking black and white both at rest and in flight; legs orange.

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A large black and white wader , mantle and wing-tips grey in immature.

A longer pair for waders and which are prevented from slipping down by an elasticated band, cost a pound more.

At the float tube pool, you can actually put on waders, float around and see what tubing is like.

Both waders immediately filled and I caught my breath as freezing April waters began to stimulate sensitive nether regions.

It has to be admitted that Shetland is not the most suitable place for wintering waders.

Other birds we saw around Nesseby included dunlin, familiar enough to me as a breeding wader of the Shetland hills.

Parked, set up fly rod, put on waders.

We start with three families of large black and white waders.

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