AQUATIC BIRD Synonyms

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

• submerge or plunge suddenly

• dip into a liquid

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

• flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

• pinch in the buttocks

• prod into action

• give a spurt of fuel to

• grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

• Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

• large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

• any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

• mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

• stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• sweep majestically

• small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail