noun
freshwater aquatic bird
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic bird
• Hyponyms: ↑anseriform bird, ↑screamer
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nounEtymology: Middle English
: an aquatic bird : a swimming or wading bird — compare waterfowl
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an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
[1400-50; late ME]
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water bird noun
A swimming or wading bird
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Main Entry: ↑water
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a bird that lives or swims on water
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water bird,
any bird that swims or wades in water; aquatic bird.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.