wildfowl

noun, verb — 2 senses

wildfowl

noun

/ˈwaɪldfaʊl/

Etymology From wild + fowl.

1

Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.

Near-synonyms: gamefowl, game bird
[…] Whoso seeks an audit here Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish, Wildfowl or ven’son, and his errand speeds.1785, William Cowper, The Task: A Poem in Six Books, London: J. Johnson, Book 4, p. 168:

1 more example

In these early days of the journey we eat well. We have brought salted meat, flour, beans, dried fruit, and there are wildfowl to shoot.1980, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Waiting for the Barbarians, London: Secker & Wartburg, page 81:

Related terms: landfowl, waterfowl, poultry

wildfowl

verb

Etymology From wild + fowl.

1

To hunt wildfowl.

The hunting of the kind of winged creatures, taken as a whole, is called wildfowling.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 220b:

Derived terms: wildfowler, wildfowling

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