wildfowl

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   wild birds hunted as game or food, especially ducks, geese, and other waterfowl

   Thousands of wildfowl rested on the marsh during their autumn migration.

2. 2
   noun

   the meat of wild game birds

   The winter menu included roasted wildfowl with root vegetables.

3. 3
   verb

   to hunt wildfowl

   Local regulations limit where hunters may wildfowl along the coast.

A compound of wild + fowl. Fowl once had a broad sense covering birds generally; wildfowl narrowed to undomesticated birds pursued as game, particularly ducks, geese, and related wetland birds.

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