资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Water ousel \Wa"ter ou"sel\, Water ouzel \Wa"ter ou"zel\ .
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the
   genus {Cinclus} (or {Hydrobates}), especially the European
   water ousel ({C. aquaticus}), and the American water ousel
   ({C. 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.