water bird

water bird
noun
freshwater aquatic bird
Syn: ↑waterfowl, ↑waterbird
Hypernyms: ↑aquatic bird
Hyponyms: ↑anseriform bird, ↑screamer

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noun
Etymology: 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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water bird UK US noun [countable] [singular water bird plural water birds]
a bird that lives or swims on water
Thesaurus: types of birdshypernym species of birdhyponym

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water bird,
any bird that swims or wades in water; aquatic bird.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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