waterfowl

English

Etymology

From Middle English waterfoul, water-foul, equivalent to water +‎ fowl. Compare Old English dopfugel (“waterfowl, moorhen”, literally “dipping-fowl”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• wildfowl

Related terms

• landfowl

Translations

birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water

• Bulgarian: водни птици f pl (vodni ptici)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水鳥／水鸟 (zh) (shuǐniǎo)

• Dutch: watervogels (nl)
• Esperanto: akvobirdo
• Finnish: vesilintu (fi)
• French: oiseau aquatique m (pl : oiseaux aquatiques - not restricted to Anatidae), sauvagine (fr) f
• German: Wasservogel (de) m
• Greek: υδρόβια πουλιά pl (ydróvia pouliá)
• Hungarian: vízimadár (hu)
• Ingrian: vesilintu
• Italian: uccelli acquatici m pl
• Japanese: 水鳥 (ja) (suichō)
• Korean: 물새 (mulsae)
• Kutenai: kyaq̓ⱡa
• Lutshootseed: buʔqʷ
• Manx: eean ushtey m
• Mi'kmaq: sisip anim
• Pashto: هېلۍ f (heləi)
• Portuguese: ave aquática f
• Russian: водоплавающие птицы
• Spanish: aves acuáticas f pl
• Swedish: sjöfågel (sv) c
• Turkish: su kuşu
• Ukrainian: водоплавні птахи pl or m (vodoplavni ptaxy)
• Volapük: (♂♀) vataböd (vo), (♂) vatahiböd, (♀) vatajiböd, (♂♀) vataböds pl, (collective ♂♀) vatabödem (vo)
• Welsh: aderyn dŵr m

Anagrams

• water flow, waterflow