water-fowl

There are a number of ducks, geese, and other water-fowl on it, but too shy to be approached.

The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

We began to fly across from bank to bank, like the water-fowl we were continually waking up and chasing before us.

Dream tales and prose poems 2006

In the fall, you can add pheasants, doves, whitetails, and water-fowl to the mix.

The 10 Best State Parks for Fishing in the USA 2004

A few trees here and there rose above a low, marshy ground, which the colonists had already surveyed, and in violent contrast to the other desert shore, life was again manifested by the presence of myriads of water-fowl.

The Mysterious Island 2005

A few trees here and there rose above a low, marshy ground, which the colonists had already surveyed, and in violent contrast to the other desert shore, life was again manifested by the presence of myriads of water-fowl.

The Mysterious Island 2005

We nooned in a secluded cove where a few water-fowl were disporting themselves out beyond the shallows, and Uliba asked me if I fancied duck for tiffin.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

I think my favorite settings were of the lines beginning "Do not use a hyphen between words that can better / be written as one word: water-fowl, waterfowl" and "Nice"; but my favorite single piece was "Chicago (Duet)," which has the most enchanting music but also the wittiest use of language and setting together ("Without a friend to counsel him, the temptation proved irresistible").

Archive 2005-10-01 Jenny Davidson 2005

I think my favorite settings were of the lines beginning "Do not use a hyphen between words that can better / be written as one word: water-fowl, waterfowl" and "Nice"; but my favorite single piece was "Chicago (Duet)," which has the most enchanting music but also the wittiest use of language and setting together ("Without a friend to counsel him, the temptation proved irresistible").

When I am really Jenny Davidson 2005

An old man who used to frequent this pond nearly sixty years ago, when it was dark with surrounding forests, tells me that in those days he sometimes saw it all alive with ducks and other water-fowl, and that there were many eagles about it.

Walden 2004

His usual note was this demoniac laughter, yet somewhat like that of a water-fowl; but occasionally, when he had balked me most successfully and come up a long way off, he uttered a long-drawn unearthly howl, probably more like that of a wolf than any bird; as when a beast puts his muzzle to the ground and deliberately howls.

Walden 2004