ave acuática

Definitions of ave acuática
  1. noun
    wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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    cisne
    stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
    ave zancuda
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    anseriforme
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
    pollo de cisne
    a young swan
    cisne mudo
    soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
    cisne trompeta
    large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
    cisne negro
    large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
    cigüeña
    large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
    ibis
    wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
    espátula
    wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
    flamenco
    large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
    airón, garza, martinete
    grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
    polla de agua
    black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
    avutarda
    large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
    limícola
    any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
    alca
    black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
    frailecillo, frailecillo común
    any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
    gaviforme
    seabirds of the order Gaviiformes
    podicipitiforme
    aquatic birds related to the loons
    pelecaniforme
    large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet
    esfenisciforme
    flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins
    pájaro pelágico
    bird of the open seas
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    ave
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  2. noun
    freshwater aquatic bird
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    anseriforme
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
    pato
    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
    ganso, ánsar
    web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
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