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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

도요새

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doyosae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wader/ˈweɪ.dər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"습지에서 많은 도요새들을 볼 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long-legged water bird, such as a snipe, sandpiper, or plover, that feeds by wading in shallow water or mud.

    "A flock of waders searched the muddy shoreline for small crustaceans."
  2. 2

    Waterproof boots or trousers reaching to the waist or chest, worn by anglers and workers in deep water.

    "He put on his rubber waders before stepping into the cold river to fish."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'wade', originating from Old English 'wadan' (to go, wade), stemming from Proto-Germanic '*wadaną'. The agent suffix '-er' was added in Middle English to designate either a person or animal that wades, or later, waterproof high boots worn for wading.

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