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WATERFOWL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Freshwater aquatic bird

Synonyms:

water bird; waterbird; waterfowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("waterfowl" is a kind of...):

aquatic bird (wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water)

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

anseriform bird (chiefly web-footed swimming birds)

screamer (gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call)

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