water ouzel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: water ouzel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for water ouzel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
water ouzel n small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom Synonym(s): water ouzel, dipper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Water ousel \Wa"ter ou"sel\, Water ouzel \Wa"ter ou"zel\ . (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus {Cinclus} (or {Hydrobates}), especially the European water ousel ({C. aquaticus}), and the American water ousel ({C. Mexicanus}). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.