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wildfowl

[ wahyld-foul ]

noun

  1. a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.


wildfowl

/ ˈɲɪˌڲʊ /

noun

  1. any bird that is hunted by man, esp any duck or similar aquatic bird
  2. such birds collectively
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɾˌڴǷɱԲ, adjectivenoun
  • ˈɾˌڴǷɱ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wildfowl1

before 1000; Middle English wilde foul, Old English wildefugl. See wild, fowl
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They eventually signed a deal with Panic! - the publisher behind mega-hit Untitled Goose Game, which cast players as a wildfowl on a mission to cause havoc in a small village.

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The Shaftesbury estate owns the lough bed and the soil, the banks, the rights to sand extraction and shooting licences for wildfowl.

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Ms Eaton said she believed the birds should only have been moved by an organisation with experience of handling and relocating wildfowl.

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"And a lot of lead gunshot falls into the environment and it can then be eaten by wildfowl and terrestrial birds and cause poisoning."

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Diesel spilled from the train into the Loughor Estuary, which is home to wildfowl and wading birds.

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