wildfowl
noun
wild·fowl
ˈwī(-ə)ld-ˌfau̇(-ə)l 
: a game bird
especially
: a game waterfowl (such as a wild duck or goose)
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The wildfowl carving competition went off in late April as usual, with ornate carvings filling the Ocean City convention hall.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
These formidable weapons were used for commercial hunting, bringing down whole flocks of wildfowl with a single blast.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
Instead of being flooded like paddies, the fields were soaked by seasonal rains and attracted hungry wildfowl.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
Crossing the Kenai River at Kenai Lake and looking to the right, the open water contained a menagerie of wildfowl.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Jan. 2022
The good news: Doerr’s creation lifts off quickly, soars, and then, like the various wildfowl wheeling through the story, lands with practiced finesse.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2021
The first hunting trips I was allowed to go on, as an observer, were for the wildfowl available near home, pheasants, ducks and geese.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020
Decoy-making and wildfowl hunting in the Susquehanna Flats of the Upper Chesapeake Bay is featured in the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.
—Algerina Perna, baltimoresun.com, 22 June 2018
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
These formidable weapons were used for commercial hunting, bringing down whole flocks of wildfowl with a single blast.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
Instead of being flooded like paddies, the fields were soaked by seasonal rains and attracted hungry wildfowl.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
Crossing the Kenai River at Kenai Lake and looking to the right, the open water contained a menagerie of wildfowl.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Jan. 2022
The good news: Doerr’s creation lifts off quickly, soars, and then, like the various wildfowl wheeling through the story, lands with practiced finesse.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2021
The first hunting trips I was allowed to go on, as an observer, were for the wildfowl available near home, pheasants, ducks and geese.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020
Decoy-making and wildfowl hunting in the Susquehanna Flats of the Upper Chesapeake Bay is featured in the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.
—Algerina Perna, baltimoresun.com, 22 June 2018
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wildfowl
noun
wild·fowl
-ˌfau̇l
: a bird and especially a waterfowl (as a wild duck) hunted as game
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