gadwall

American  

[gad-wawl] / ˈgædˌwɔl /

noun

plural

gadwalls,

plural

gadwall

1. a grayish-brown wild duck, Anas strepera, found in temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

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gadwall British  

/ ˈɡædˌwɔːl /

noun

1. a duck, Anas strepera, related to the mallard. The male has a grey body and black tail

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Etymology

Origin of gadwall

First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Look for the northern shoveler, the ring-necked duck and the gadwall.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

A solitary male gadwall “stayed still long enough for me to fixate on its delicate herringbone feather pattern.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2017

In the autumn the lakes in this neighbourhood are the resort of large packs of wigeon, gadwall and pochard.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

In regard to the present species, this fact was due to the efforts of Andrew Fountaine, on whose property, in West Norfolk and its immediate neighbourhood, the gadwall, from 1850, annually bred in increasing numbers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

By the first of November brahminy duck, gadwall, common teal, widgeon, shovellers and the various species of pochard abound.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas