wildfowl
Etymology

From wild + fowl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/
Noun

wildfowl (plural wildfowls)

  1. 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.
  2. Waterfowl.
Translations
  • German: Wildvogel, Wildgeflügel (as food)
Translations Verb

wildfowl (wildfowls, present participle wildfowling; simple past and past participle wildfowled)

  1. To hunt wildfowl.



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