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WATER OUZEL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

Synonyms:

dipper; water ouzel

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water ouzel" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water ouzel"):

Cinclus aquaticus; European water ouzel (a water ouzel of Europe)

American water ouzel; Cinclus mexicanus (a water ouzel of western North America)

Holonyms ("water ouzel" is a member of...):

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)

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