wildfowl
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/
wildfowl (plural wildfowls)
- Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.
- 1785, William Cowper, The Task: A Poem in Six Books, London: J. Johnson, Book 4, p. 168:
- […] Whoso seeks an audit here
Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish,
Wildfowl or ven’son, and his errand speeds.
- Waterfowl.
- German: Wildvogel, Wildgeflügel (as food)
- German: Wasservogel
wildfowl (wildfowls, present participle wildfowling; simple past and past participle wildfowled)
- To hunt wildfowl.
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