"wildfowl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/ Forms: wildfowls [plural], wildfowl [plural]
Etymology: wild + fowl Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wild|fowl}} wild + fowl Head templates: {{en-noun|s|wildfowl}} wildfowl (plural wildfowls or wildfowl)
  1. Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans. Categories (lifeform): Birds Translations (wild bird): пернат дивеч (pernat diveč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), wild gevogelte (Dutch), გარეული ფრინველი (gareuli prinveli) (Georgian), Wildvogel [masculine] (German), Wildgeflügel (note: as food) [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-wildfowl-en-noun-4q0H4wsp Disambiguation of Birds: 49 43 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 2 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 72 2 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 64 7 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 7 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 7 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 63 7 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 64 7 29 Disambiguation of 'wild bird': 100 0
  2. Waterfowl. Categories (lifeform): Birds Translations (waterfowl): vesilintu (Finnish), Wasservogel [masculine] (German), водоплавні птахи (vodoplavni ptaxy) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wildfowl-en-noun-y2XwkVBm Disambiguation of Birds: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of 'waterfowl': 0 100

Verb

IPA: /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/ Forms: wildfowls [present, singular, third-person], wildfowling [participle, present], wildfowled [participle, past], wildfowled [past]
Etymology: wild + fowl Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wild|fowl}} wild + fowl Head templates: {{en-verb}} wildfowl (third-person singular simple present wildfowls, present participle wildfowling, simple past and past participle wildfowled)
  1. To hunt wildfowl. Derived forms: wildfowler, wildfowling
    Sense id: en-wildfowl-en-verb-vAYs6VUY

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for wildfowl meaning in English (5.1kB)

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