Watvogel

Definitions of Watvogel
  1. noun
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    synonyms: Schreitvogel
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    Flamingo
    large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
    Reiher
    grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
    Kranich, Kranichvogel
    large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
    Ralle
    any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
    Austernfischer
    black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
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