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Waders   /wˈeɪdərz/   Listen
Waders

noun
1.
Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.





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"Waders" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lagoon is a swarming haunt of numerous kinds of wild-fowl and fishing birds. Conspicuous among the waders in the shallows and on the shore are the pelican and the stork. The place is a paradise to them, teeming with fish and frog food. One of my companions described what he had witnessed in a struggle with a wounded stork in the ...
— Persia Revisited • Thomas Edward Gordon
... represented in the Eocene deposits by remains often very closely allied to existing types. Thus, amongst the Swimming Birds (Natatores) we find examples of forms allied to the living Pelicans and Mergansers; amongst the Waders (Grallatores) we have birds resembling the Ibis (the Numenius gypsorum of the Paris basin); amongst the Running Birds (Cursores) we meet with the great Gastornis Parisiensis, which equalled the African Ostrich ...
— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson


Words linked to "Waders" :   thigh boot, plural, hip boot, plural form


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