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water bird
noun
- an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
water bird
noun
- any aquatic bird, including the wading and swimming birds
Word History and Origins
Origin of water bird1
Example Sentences
Practitioners of this centuries-old ritual deploy trained cormorants—surface-diving water birds renowned for their fish-catching skills.
Predators such as eagles and owls that feast on those water birds also get poisoned.
This study shows one way that water birds may disperse fish, she says.
The cry of a water-bird broke shrilly on the silence of the night, and made us feel less lonely.
Another curious case which came under my notice was that of a small water bird.
Presently a white water-bird dropped from the blue sky, and rocked to and fro upon the water of the river.
A large black water-bird was slowly flying up stream, and a flock of wild pigeons hovered over the opposite cliff.
In fact, he was a natural water-bird, almost as much so as a duck.
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