Waterfowl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A water bird, especially a swimming bird.
  • n. Swimming game birds, such as ducks and geese, considered as a group.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as water-birds.
  • n. In a restricted sense, swimming birds, especially those which, as the Anseres, are used for food or for any reason engage the attention of sportsmen.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. freshwater aquatic bird
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aquatic bird   
    Hyponym
    anseriform bird    screamer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wildfowl   
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