Home › Words › G › gadwallgadwall/ˈɡædwɔːl/gadwall means A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).gadwall is pronounced /ˈɡædwɔːl/.EtymologyOrigin unknown. In use since the 17th century.nounA common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.garganey 66% match — A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa. vs gadwall →greenwing 65% match — A common and widespread duck in North America, Anas carolinensis or Anas crecca carolinensis. vs gadwall →wigeon 63% match — Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. vs gadwall →bergander 60% match — A European duck (Tadorna tadorna), a sheldrake. vs gadwall →whewer 60% match — whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope). vs gadwall →smew 59% match — A small compact diving duck, Mergellus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes. vs gadwall →sheldgoose 58% match — Any of several larger bird species in the subfamily Tadorninae of the duck family Anatidae. vs gadwall →eiderduck 58% match — An eider. vs gadwall →