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waterfowl

 
Dictionary: wa·ter·fowl   ('tər-foul', wŏt'ər-) pronunciation
n., pl., waterfowl, or -fowls.
  1. A water bird, especially a swimming bird.
  2. Swimming game birds, such as ducks and geese, considered as a group.

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Any member of the family Anatidae, web-footed birds with a broad bill containing fine plates, or lamellae; usually stocky and often long-necked, including ducks, geese (see goose), and swans. Waterfowl feed by dabbling, diving, or grazing. Most species are social and have an array of formal displays and group cohesion signals. Almost all breed in water. The female usually selects the nest site, builds the nest from any vegetation within reach, and incubates the 3 – 12 eggs. Shortly after hatching, the young imprint on their mother (see imprinting). Many species are migratory.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: waterfowl
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waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in North America it is used for quarry species and is sometimes extended to refer to wading birds of the order Charadriiformes, such as plovers and sandpipers, as well as to other edible water birds. The hunting of any of these birds is known most generally as duck hunting. In Britain quarry species are referred to as wildfowl and their hunting as wildfowling. British wildfowling, formerly done with nets, is now done with shotguns, as is duck hunting in North America, but the practices differ in some respects. In North America the birds are typically shot as they approach to investigate rubber, wooden, plastic, or other decoys. The British, however, manipulate the birds by deliberately feeding them at certain places, a practice generally outlawed in North America, where hunting tends to be more strictly legislated. Waterfowl are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, orders Anseriformes and Charadriiformes.


Veterinary Dictionary: waterfowl
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A loose term for anseriform birds especially ducks.

Translations: Waterfowl
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vandfugl

Nederlands (Dutch)
watervogel(s)

Français (French)
n. - oiseau aquatique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wasservogel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υδρόβιο πουλί

Italiano (Italian)
uccello acquatico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ave (f) aquática

Русский (Russian)
водоплавающая птица

Español (Spanish)
n. - ave acuática

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vattenfågel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
水鸟, 水禽

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 水鳥, 水禽
n. - 水鳥, 水禽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 물새

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 水鳥

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طير الماء أو طيور الماء, الطائر السابح أو الطيور السابحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עוף-מים (לציד)‬


 
 

 

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