'Water ouzel' definitions:
Definition of 'water ouzel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: water ouzel, dipper]
Definition of 'Water ouzel'
From: GCIDE
- Water ousel \Wa"ter ou"sel\, Water ouzel \Wa"ter ou"zel\ . (Zool.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American water ousel (Cinclus 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. [1913 Webster]