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wa·ter·fowl

   [waw-ter-foul, wot-er-]
noun, plural -fowls, (especially collectively) -fowl.
1.
a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
2.
such birds taken collectively, especially the swans, geese, and ducks.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; cognate with German Wasservogel; see water, fowl
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waterfowl
c.1300, from water (n.1) + fowl. Cf. O.H.G. wazzarvogel, Du. watervogel.
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