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waterfowl|ˈwɔːtəfaʊl|
[f. water n. + fowl n.; cf. OHG. waȥȥarvogel (mod.G. wasser-), Du. watervogel.]
Any bird that frequents the water, or inhabits the margin of lakes, rivers, seas, etc.; in mod. use chiefly applied to the larger kinds of swimming birds, esp. those which are regarded as game. Often collect. sing. for pl.
a1300Cursor M. 398 Þe fifte dai..On watur fuxol and fiss he wroght. c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 327 But watir foule sate lowest in the dale. Ibid. 554 The watir foules. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxix. (1495) 140 Water foules haue bytwene theyr toes and clawes as it were a skynne. 1433Lydg. S. Edmund ii. 162 Al watir foul and foul upon the lond. 1538Elyot Dict., Querquedula, a waterfowle callyd a teale. a1593Marlowe & Nashe Dido iv. v. 1382 Where thou shalt see..White Swannes, and many louely water fowles. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 499 Great store of young water-fowle. 1798Coleridge Parl. Oscill. 29 You know that water-fowl that cries, Quack! Quack!? 1843Marryat M. Violet xliv, The water-fowls are plentiful, such as swans, geese, ducks. 1870Bryant Iliad ii. 564 As when water⁓fowl of many tribes—Geese, cranes and long-necked swans—disport themselves.
attrib.1903Amer. Sportsman's Libr. IV. (title) The Water-Fowl Family.
Hence waterfowler U.S., a hunter of wildfowl; waterfowling U.S., the hunting of wildfowl.
1976National Observer (U.S.) 27 Nov. 14/4 The appeal of hunting for even old men was best described by a 68-year-old friend and lifelong waterfowler who shared a blind with me at Izembek several years ago. 1980Outdoor Life (U.S.) (Northeast ed.) Oct. 80/3 Top-quality decoys are more important in puddler hunting than any other kind of waterfowling. |