wildfowl

noun

1. Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.

   “Near-synonyms: gamefowl, game bird”

   “[…] Whoso seeks an audit here Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish, Wildfowl or ven’son, and his errand speeds.”

   “In these early days of the journey we eat well. We have brought salted meat, flour, beans, dried fruit, and there are wildfowl to shoot.”

verb

1. To hunt wildfowl.

   “The hunting of the kind of winged creatures, taken as a whole, is called wildfowling.”