| NOUN | animal | aquatic bird | wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
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| Meaning | wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water. | |
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| Narrower | gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen | Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
| seabird, sea bird, seafowl | A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open / open ocean | |
| swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult | |
| wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | |
| waterfowl, water bird, waterbird | Freshwater aquatic bird | |
| Broader | bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Spanish | ave acuática | |
| Catalan | au aquàtica | |
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