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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | ave acuática |
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Catalan | au aquàtica |
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