échassier

Definitions of échassier
  1. noun
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
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    cigogne
    large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
    ibis
    wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
    spatule
    wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
    flamant
    large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
    héron
    grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
    râle
    any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
    oiseau de rivage
    any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
    marabout
    large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
    foulque
    slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
    pluvier
    any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
    courlieu
    large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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    oiseau aquatique
    wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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