Waterfowl

Definition: Waterfowl

Waterfowl

Noun

1. Freshwater aquatic bird.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "waterfowl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Synonyms: Waterfowl

Crosswords: Waterfowl

Books

• North American Waterfowl (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (reference)

• Waterfowl 2003 Calendar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Waterfowl Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Care & Cooking : Waterfowl (reference)

• Secrets of Calling Waterfowl (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A tray of eelgrass turf and plugs ready for transplant. Eelgrass, Zostera marina contributes substantially to the health of coastal ecosystems. Eelgrass meadows provide shelter and spawning habitat for fish and shellfish and the living blades or leaves provide food for waterfowl like brant and Canada Geese. And eelgrass is a critical element of the Bay's detrital food web.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. Traditional use of estuary areas includes recreational waterfowl hunting.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

This constructed wetland in Wicomico County, Maryland will provide good habitat for migrating waterfowl.Credit: Tim McCabe.

Waterfowl on shallow pond in a cornfield in Delaware.Credit: Dot Abott-Donnelly.

Waterfowl pond under construction in the Venedy, IL. area.Credit: USDA.

Etching of Canada Geese by Richard E. Bishop, famous for his waterfowl paintings and etchings. The design illustrates the use of leg bands on birds to trace their migratory patterns. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home.

Watercolor painting of a male Cinnamon Teal by Oklahoma artist Gerald Mobley, 1110 South Chestnut, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012. Mobley also won the 1983 and 1985 Oklahoma waterfowl competition. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Gouache painting of a pair of lesser scaup by Neal R. Anderson, 7401 Stevens Ridge Road, Lincoln, Nebraska 68516. A wildlife artist who had entered paintings in five previous Duck Stamp contests, placing second in 1985 with a pair of redhead ducks, third in 1983 with a single redhead. In 1986, he began devoting full time to wildlife painting. He paints almost exclusively in gouache. Specializing in waterfowl, Anderson's work is known for its detail, sharpness, and clarity. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Acrylic painting of a pair of king eiders set against a backdrop of subarctic tundra by Nancy Howe, Rte. 1, Box 402, East Dorset, Vermont 05253. Ms. Howe is the first woman to design a Federal Duck stamp. She has an A.B. in art from Vermont's Middlebury College and has been painting since childhood. Married with two young sons, she accompanies her husband waterfowl hunting, and has helped him train a retriever. An active member of Ducks Unlimited, Howe has exhibited her work with that organization as well as in numerous other art shows. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

zog uji (water bird), shpend uji. (various references)

Bulgarian 

водни птици. (various references)

Chinese 

水鸟. (various references)

Czech

vodní ptáci (water fowl). (various references)

Dutch

pleisterende watervogel (loafing waterfowl). (various references)

Farsi 

مرغ ابزی , واک (Voice), واق . (various references)

Finnish

vesilintu (aquatic bird). (various references)

French

sauvagine (wading bird), oiseau narrateur domestique. (various references)

German

Wasservogel (water bird). (various references)

Greek 

νηκτικό πτηνό(κατοικίδιο). (various references)

Hungarian

vízi madár (water bird). (various references)

Indonesian

mandar (ethnic group in Sulawesi, kind of waterfowl). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

水鳥 (shorebird, water bird), 水禽 (aquatic bird). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいきん (aquatic bird), すいちょう (shorebird, signs of decline, water bird), みずどり (shorebird, water bird), みずとり (shorebird, unfavourable comparison, water bird). (various references)

Manx

eean ushtey. (various references)

Pig Latin

aterfowlway

Portuguese

ave aquática (water bird). (various references)

Russian 

водяные птицы. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

plovke i patke. (various references)

Swedish

sjöfågel (seabird). (various references)

Turkish

su kuşu (water bird). (various references)

mergus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "waterfowl": waterfowler, waterfowlers, waterfowling, waterfowlings, waterfowls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Waterfowl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: garefowl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fleawort.

-2 letters: awlwort, felwort, floater, refloat, werwolf.

-3 letters: falter, florae, floret, flower, foetal, folate, fowler, loafer, lofter, reflow, trowel, twofer, wafter, wolfer.

-4 letters: afore, after, alert, aloft, alter, artel, farle, feral, fetal, fetor, flare, float, flora, flota, forte, later, lower, oater, ofter, orate, owlet, ratel, rowel, taler, tawer, tolar, towel, tower, trawl, wafer, waler.

+1 letter: waterfowls.

+2 letters: strawflower, waterfowler.

+3 letters: strawflowers, waterfowlers, waterfowling.

+4 letters: waterfowlings.

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