||Va*dan"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L.
vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford.]
(Zoöl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including
the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
||Va*dan"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L.
vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford.]
(Zoöl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including
the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.