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water bird

DEFINITIONS OF: water bird

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n freshwater aquatic bird

Synonyms:
waterbird, waterfowl
Types:
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anseriform bird
chiefly web-footed swimming birds
screamer
gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
duck
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
goose
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
Anhima cornuta, horned screamer
screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
crested screamer
distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
Type of:
aquatic bird
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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