wildfowl

Example Sentences

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Although the fox would attack the wildfowl on land, they are unable to do so once in the water.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The 64-year-old has a particular penchant for wildfowl shooting in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Because of the flowering plant’s resemblance to the head of a crane, the colonists called the fruit “craneberries” and used it in sour sauces they served with wildfowl.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 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

Traversing it, we got all the wildfowl and the fish we could consume.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward