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