steltloper

Definitions of steltloper
  1. noun
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    synonyms: steltlopers, waadvogel
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    langbeen, ooievaar, uiver
    large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
    ibis
    wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
    lepelaar
    wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
    flamingo
    large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
    reiger
    grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
    hijskraan, kraan, kraanvogel
    large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
    ral
    any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
    moederloog
    relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
    meerkoet
    slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
    houtsnip
    game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
    bokje, poelsnip, snep, snip, watersnip
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
    wulp
    large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
    kluut
    long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
    oestervisser, scholekster
    black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
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    drijfsijssie, watervogel
    wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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