gadwall
noun
a grayish-brown wild duck, Anas strepera, found in temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
gadwalls
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pluralof gadwall.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Potential bird sightings include gadwalls and buffleheads, dazzling ducks like the common goldeneye and the red-breasted merganser and tons of gulls, including the laughing gull and the ring-billed gull.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Other water birds spotted by Patla and Lucas that day included gadwalls, buffleheads, Barrow’s goldeneyes, common goldeneyes and ring-necked ducks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
Now the birders were quickly adding one species after another: white-throated sparrows, pheasants, gadwalls and, finally, mergansers.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a limit of ten to a bag on canvasback, redhead, scaup, ringneck, all teals, gadwalls and shovellers.
From Time Magazine Archive
What a multitude of wild ducks there are in Scotland and every other country, mallards, pintails, gadwalls, widgeons, pochards and teals, all very much alike in their habits and tastes!
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken
