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waterfowl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun waterfowl has 1 sense
- waterfowl(n = noun.animal) water bird, waterbird - freshwater aquatic bird; Array is a kind of aquatic bird
has particulars: anseriform bird, screamer
CIDE DICTIONARY
waterfowl, n.
Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively. [1913 Webster]
" Of aquatic fowls, some are waders, or furnished with long legs; others are swimmers, or furnished with webbed feet."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
waterfowl, n. (usu. collect. as pl.) birds frequenting water, esp. swimming game-birds.
THESAURUS
waterfowl
avifauna, baby bird, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, cage bird, chick, cygnet, diving bird, dove, eagle, eaglet, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, fowl, fruit-eating bird, fulmar, game bird, insect-eating bird, migrant, migratory bird, nestling, oscine bird, owl, passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, ratite, sea bird, seed-eating bird, shore bird, songbird, squab, storm petrel, stormy petrel, swan, wading bird, warbler, water bird, wildfowl
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