Gadwall definition

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A duck (Anas strepera) having gray or brown plumage, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
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A grayish-brown wild duck (Anas strepera) of the freshwater regions of North America.
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Anas strepera, a common and widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere.
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Singular:
gadwall
Plural:
gadwalls

Origin of gadwall

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    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gadwall Sentence Examples

  • The spelling "gadwall" seems to be first found in Willughby in 1676, and has been generally adopted by later writers; but Merrett, in 1667, has "gaddel" (Pinax rerum naturalium Britannicarum, p. 180), saying that it was so called by bird-dealers.

  • Here, too, breed many species of ducks, the mallard, gadwall, baldpate, three species of teal, shoveler, pintail, hooded mergansers, and Canada geese; other ducks and geese are migrants only.

  • On deeper water great crested and little grebes breed, breeding duck include gadwall and tufted duck.

  • The Gray Lag Goose has been joined by another and a female gadwall also seen a couple of times.

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