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any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
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shore bird,
limicoline bird |
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wader,
wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
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charadrii,
suborder charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
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plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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aphriza virgata,
surfbird sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
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woodcock game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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snipe a gunshot from a concealed location
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curlew large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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godwit large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
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himantopus stilt,
long-legs,
longlegs,
stilt plover,
stiltbird,
stilt long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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australian stilt,
stilt long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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avocet long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
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oyster catcher,
oystercatcher black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
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phalarope small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
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glareole,
pratincole Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
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courser swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
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