Wa'ter-ou'sel, n.

noun

(-ōō'zl), n. [Written also water-ouzel.] (Ornith.) An aquatic bird; the Hydrobata aquatica (Cinclus aquaticus, or Turdus cinclus, of some authors); the dipper; — called also water-crake and water-crow. Baird.

A bird stands in shallow water beside reeds, with its beak pointed toward the plants.