plural gadwalls or gadwall
: a grayish-brown medium-sized dabbling duck (Mareca strepera)
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The concept for this decoy is perfect.
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Nantucket: Twenty-seven gadwalls and three Northern shovelers in the Great Point Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Swans and 17 species of duck frequent Gillmor, which also provides nesting habitat for various shorebirds, such as the snowy plover, American avocet, Wilson’s phalarope, black-necked stilt, cinnamon teal and gadwall.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Nantucket: Twenty-seven gadwalls and three Northern shovelers in the Great Point Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Swans and 17 species of duck frequent Gillmor, which also provides nesting habitat for various shorebirds, such as the snowy plover, American avocet, Wilson’s phalarope, black-necked stilt, cinnamon teal and gadwall.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
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“Gadwall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadwall. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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