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wildfowl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/

Etymology

From wild + fowl.

Meanings

1. Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.
   • In these early days of the journey we eat well. We have brought salted meat, flour, beans, dried fruit, and there are wildfowl to shoot. 1980, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Waiting for the Barbarians, London: Secker & Wartburg, page 81:
   • […] Whoso seeks an audit here Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish, Wildfowl or ven’son, and his errand speeds. 1785, William Cowper, The Task: A Poem in Six Books, London: J. Johnson, Book 4, p. 168:
   • Near-synonyms: gamefowl, game bird

Forms

Hypernyms

fowl · bird · species · organism · animal

Relateds

landfowl · poultry · waterfowl

Synonyms

game bird · gamefowl

Translations (10)

fi vesilintu (waterfowl) · pl dziki ptak (wild bird) · ka გარეული ფრინველი (wild bird) · uk водоплавні птахи (waterfowl) · de Wildvogel (wild bird) · nl wild gevogelte (wild bird) · de Wildgeflügel (wild bird) · bg пернат дивеч (wild bird) · de Wasservogel (waterfowl) · pl ptak wodny (waterfowl)

wildfowl en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwaɪldfaʊl/

Etymology

From wild + fowl.

Meanings

1. To hunt wildfowl.
   • The hunting of the kind of winged creatures, taken as a whole, is called wildfowling. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 220b:

Forms

Deriveds

wildfowler · wildfowling

Translations (1)

pl polować na ptactwo wodne (to hunt wildfowl)