wildfowl
[
wahyld
-foul]
/ˈwaɪldˌfaʊl/
noun
1.
a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
Origin
before 1000;
Middle English
wilde foul,
Old English
wildefugl.
See
wild
,
fowl
Examples from the web for
wildfowl
One of the key tools of the trade for
wildfowl
hunters in those days was live decoys, also known as call birds.
British Dictionary definitions for
wildfowl
wildfowl
/
ˈwaɪldˌfaʊl
/
noun
1.
any bird that is hunted by man, esp any duck or similar aquatic bird
2.
such birds collectively
Derived Forms
wildfowler,
noun
wildfowling,
adjective,
noun