wildfowl
Americannoun
noun
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any bird that is hunted by man, esp any duck or similar aquatic bird
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such birds collectively
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of wildfowl
before 1000; Middle English wilde foul, Old English wildefugl. See wild, fowl
Example Sentences
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A wildlife photographer has captured a fox swimming amongst wildfowl in East Yorkshire.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
The 64-year-old has a particular penchant for wildfowl shooting in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Jim Edwards told the Toronto paper that his father had 20/20 eyesight and had been a crack marksman as a youth when he used to shoot duck and other wildfowl on the prairies of Saskatchewan.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2022
Bones of turtle, wildfowl and deer bones indicate good eating.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2020
Unpoetic Shane had been busy counting the wildfowl, watching the hawks, marking the sublime slow wheeling of a pair of eagles far away in ether heavenward.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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