waterfowl

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From Middle English waterfoul, water-foul, equivalent to water + fowl. Compare Old English dopfugel (“waterfowl, moorhen”, literally “dipping-fowl”).

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: dziidzi — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Bulgarian: водни птици (vodni ptici) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Chinese Mandarin: 水鳥 /水鸟 (shuǐniǎo) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Dutch: watervogels — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Esperanto: akvobirdo — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Finnish: vesilintu — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• French: sauvagine — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• German: Wasservogel — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Greek: υδρόβια πουλιά (ydróvia pouliá) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Hungarian: vízimadár — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Ingrian: vesilintu — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Italian: uccelli acquatici — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Japanese: 水鳥 (suichō) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Korean: 물새 (mulsae) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Ktunaxa: kyaq̓ⱡa — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Lushootseed: buʔqw — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Manx: eean ushtey — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Mi'kmaq: sisip — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Pashto: هېلۍ (heləi) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Polish: ptak wodny — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Portuguese: ave aquática — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Russian: водоплавающие птицы — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Spanish: aves acuáticas — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Swedish: sjöfågel — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Tamil: நீர்க்கோழி (nīrkkōḻi) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Lower Tanana: tu gaga' — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Turkish: su kuşu — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Ukrainian: водоплавні птахи (vodoplavni ptaxy) — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Volapük: vataböd — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Volapük: vatahiböd — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Volapük: vatajiböd — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Volapük: vataböds — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Volapük: vatabödem — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Welsh: aderyn dŵr — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water
• Woiwurrung: kor-rung-un-un — birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water