"waterfowl" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waterfowl.wav [Southern-England] Forms: waterfowl [plural], waterfowls [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English waterfoul, water-foul, equivalent to water + fowl. Compare Old English dopfugel (“waterfowl, moorhen”, literally “dipping-fowl”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waterfoul}} Middle English waterfoul, {{m|enm|water-foul}} water-foul, {{com|en|water|fowl}} water + fowl, {{noncog|ang|dopfugel|lit=dipping-fowl|t=waterfowl, moorhen}} Old English dopfugel (“waterfowl, moorhen”, literally “dipping-fowl”) Head templates: {{en-noun|waterfowl|s}} waterfowl (plural waterfowl or waterfowls)
  1. Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae. Wikipedia link: waterfowl Categories (lifeform): Birds Synonyms: wildfowl Related terms: landfowl Translations (birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water): водни птици (vodni ptici) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), 水鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 水鸟 (shuǐniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), watervogels (Dutch), akvobirdo (Esperanto), vesilintu (Finnish), sauvagine [feminine] (French), Wasservogel [masculine] (German), υδρόβια πουλιά (ydróvia pouliá) [plural] (Greek), vízimadár (Hungarian), vesilintu (Ingrian), uccelli acquatici [masculine, plural] (Italian), 水鳥 (suichō) (Japanese), 물새 (mulsae) (Korean), kyaq̓ⱡa (Kutenai), buʔqʷ (Lushootseed), eean ushtey [masculine] (Manx), sisip [animate] (Mi'kmaq), هېلۍ (heləi) [feminine] (Pashto), ave aquática [feminine] (Portuguese), водоплавающие птицы (Russian), aves acuáticas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), sjöfågel [common-gender] (Swedish), su kuşu (Turkish), водоплавні птахи (vodoplavni ptaxy) [masculine, plural, singular] (Ukrainian), vataböd [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), vatahiböd [masculine] (Volapük), vatajiböd [feminine] (Volapük), vataböds [feminine, masculine, plural] (Volapük), vatabödem [collective, feminine, masculine] (Volapük), aderyn dŵr [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "word": "водоплавающие птицы"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "aves acuáticas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjöfågel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "word": "su kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vodoplavni ptaxy",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "водоплавні птахи"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vataböd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vatahiböd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vatajiböd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vataböds"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vatabödem"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aderyn dŵr"
    }
  ],
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}
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