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Definition of Gadwall

1. n. A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.

Definition of Gadwall

1. Noun. A common and widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gadwall

1. a wild duck [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gadwall

1. A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America. Synonym: gray duck. Alternative forms: gaddwell. Origin: Gad to walk about + well. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Gadwall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Anas Strepera. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 837. Common gadwall. ... The " gadwall " so closely resembles the " Pintail" in size, proportions, and plumage, that, ..."

2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE gadwall. Anas strepera. THE gadwall, or Grey Duck, is, on the whole, a rare visitor to the British Islands ; although, owing to the resemblance of the ..."

3. A History of British Birds: The Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE gadwall is less than the Mallard, measuring about nineteen inches in length, and twenty-three in breadth. The bill is flat, black, and two inches long, ..."

4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"gadwall or Grey, Penn. Br. Zool 2. 603. No. 288 Arct. ZooL 2. 575. ... THE gadwall is rather a rare visitant with us, and is sel- Rare visi- dom seen, ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"gadwall, a fresh water or river duck of the sub-family ... The gadwall is a good diver and swimmer, and walks uncommonly well; it is a rapid flier, ..."

6. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"THE gadwall. THIS beautiful duck I have met with in very distant parts of the United States, viz. on the Seneca Lake, in New York, about the 20th of October ..."

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