waterfowl
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərfaʊl/
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ave acuática
- The lake is a popular spot for watching waterfowl such as ducks and swans swimming gracefully.
- wildlife and waterfowl
- fish and waterfowl
- migratory waterfowl
Examples
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An example would be a wildlife management area having a pond and grain for waterfowl.
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What is happening to populations of waterfowl and other animals that rely on aquatic habitat?
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Well, our cook does do wonders with waterfowl.
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Continue to maintain the beach area free of any debris, including waste from waterfowl or other wildlife.
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The prevalence of these types of plants may also be related to waterfowl, which eat their fruits and seeds.
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He studied the rich collection of waterfowl kept at the Berlin Zoo.
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I cannot overstate the importance of this area for waterfowl and wetland wildlife," Brown said.
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You should see plenty of shorebirds and waterfowl and, hopefully, the sunrise over the Wasatch Mountains.
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For example, many of North America's shorebirds and waterfowl breed in the Arctic.
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In one afternoon of fieldwork, I observed waterfowl, elk, a bear, great blue herons, and bald eagles on her land.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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A bird that lives near fresh water and swims or wades
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A bird that lives in or near fresh water like lakes and rivers
A bird with webbed feet that swims, like ducks, geese, and swans
A family of birds that swim, like swans, geese, and ducks
A group of water birds like ducks and swans with webbed feet and flat bills
Wild birds like ducks and geese that live near water and are often hunted
How Aquatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waterfowl is made of two simple English words, water and fowl, where fowl means 'bird'. So waterfowl means 'birds that live on or near water', like ducks, geese, and swans.