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wading bird

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wading bird

Name given to any long-legged bird, such as the heron and curlew that obtains its food by wading in water.
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Bird life was abundant, especially the wading birds, stork, heron, and ibis gathering in little groups, blue, scarlet, and white, upon every log which jutted from the bank, while beneath us the crystal water was alive with fish of every shape and color.
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