waterbird

Other forms: waterbirds

Definitions of waterbird

1. noun

   freshwater aquatic bird
   synonyms: water bird, waterfowl

   types:

   anseriform bird

   chiefly web-footed swimming birds

   screamer

   gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call

   duck

   small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

   goose

   web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

   Anhima cornuta, horned screamer

   screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead

   crested screamer

   distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head

   type of:

   aquatic bird

   wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water