WATER OUZEL

 Dictionary entry overview: What does water ouzel mean? 

• WATER OUZEL (noun)
  The noun WATER OUZEL has 1 sense:

1. small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

  Familiarity information: WATER OUZEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER OUZEL (noun)

Meaning:

Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

water ouzel; dipper

Hypernyms ("water ouzel" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water ouzel"):

Cinclus aquaticus; European water ouzel (a water ouzel of Europe)

American water ouzel; Cinclus mexicanus (a water ouzel of western North America)

Holonyms ("water ouzel" is a member of...):

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)