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wader Definition

wader (dər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that wades
  2. any bird that wades in marshes, lakes, etc.
    1. high waterproof boots
    2. ☆ waterproof overalls with bootlike parts for the feet, worn as by fishermen for wading in deep water

wader Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • migrate: More than once at night migrating waders were heard, curlew being unmistakable.
  • breed: The island also supports a high density of breeding waders, with 67 pairs being recorded in 1987.
  • don: Two brave volunteers donned waders and walked the whole perimeter of the pond and dragged out all the debris from the pond.
  • winter: The annual cycles of northern wintering waders take account of the possibility of severe weather.
  • attract: The southern shore, by Jose do Canto church, is sandy and has attracted waders.
  • wear: I often wear chest waders for drift fishing in a boat, particularly in the rain.

Adjective modifier

  • breathable: With breathable waders, on the other hand, I feel that the best are worth paying for.
  • migratory: Migratory waders on the other hand, could find alternative feeding grounds, albeit with loss of numbers.
  • migrant: More migrant waders were around the edges, feeding up, not ready yet for their journeys north.
  • rare: The conservation body decided the hedgehogs would have to be destroyed because they were eating the eggs of rare waders.
  • common: We walked to the beach and saw a number of common waders.

Modifies a noun

  • scrape: The LNR contains a lake and a wader scrape which was cut a few years back using money from landfill tax grants.
  • passage: Autumn wader passage showed an improvement on recent years with 13 species being recorded during the peak period.
  • specie: This RSPB reserve allows for good views of in excess of 20 wader species per day in August.

Preposition: along

  • shore: After more than an hour of scanning waders along the south shore I left for Doğubayazit.

Noun used with modifier

  • thigh: At first I had some heavy rubber thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thighs.
  • chest: I often wear chest waders for drift fishing in a boat, particularly in the rain.
  • breeding: Breeding Curlew were among the abundant breeding waders much in evidence on the moorland.
  • passage: The timing was perfect for passage waders, with an amazing 19 species seen on the first morning plus Greater Flamingo!
  • tide: The high tide wader roost around the shearing barn at the east end of the level has had fewer birds in recent years.

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