wildfowl
Example Sentences
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The 64-year-old has a particular penchant for wildfowl shooting in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Jim Edwards told the Toronto paper that his father had 20/20 eyesight and had been a crack marksman as a youth when he used to shoot duck and other wildfowl on the prairies of Saskatchewan.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022
But recent forensic analysis of its skull found lead shot pellets, which were typically used to hunt wildfowl.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2018
Higher concentrations of certain nitrogen isotopes are a sign of a diet rich in animals that have a relatively high place in the food web — such as wildfowl and freshwater fish.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2014
Joliet from Green Bay entered Fox River, finding it a gentle, beautiful stream, promising easy and pleasant passage and abounding in wildfowl.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
