Water Ouzel (Noun)
Meaning
Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The water ouzel's ability to walk on the stream bed allowed it to search for food in the crevices and under rocks.
- Water ouzels have distinctive white outer tail feathers that they use to flash warnings to other ouzels.
- In the western United States the water ouzel can be found in mountain streams flowing through coniferous forests.
- The brown coloration of the water ouzel's feathers serves as camouflage while the bird forages for food along the stream bottom.
- A water ouzel was spotted bobbing up and down in the middle of the rocky stream bed searching for insects to eat.