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| crane |
any of a family of tall, long-legged wading birds having long necks and bills. [1/6 definitions] |
| flamingo |
any of various large, tropical wading birds with very long legs and necks and bright pink or red feathers. |
| heron |
any of a number of wading birds, such as the egret or great blue heron, that have long necks and legs and usu. long bills. |
| ibis |
any of a variety of large wading birds that have long, slender, downward-curving bills. |
| moorhen |
a common wading bird that typically inhabits marshes; common gallinule. |
| phalarope |
any of several small wading birds that have lobed toes for swimming. |
| snipe |
any of a variety of wading birds with long bills for digging. [1/5 definitions] |
| spoonbill |
any of several large wading birds that have a long, flat, spoon-shaped bill. [1/2 definitions] |
| stilt |
a wading bird with long legs and a long slender bill that lives in marshes and ponds in the temperate regions of North and South America. [1/3 definitions] |
| stork |
a wading bird with long legs, neck, and bill. [1/2 definitions] |
| water bird |
any of numerous swimming or wading birds. |
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