| Rail |
| Codger |
| Nitwit |
| Mudhen |
| Scoter |
| Geezer |
| Oddball |
| Mud hen |
| Old fool |
| Old fogy |
| Railbird |
| Sea duck |
| Simpleton |
| Old bird? |
| Old grump |
| Old fogey |
| Marsh hen |
| Rail bird |
| Curmudgeon |
| Old feller |
| Surf duck. |
| Water fowl |
| Senile one |
| Old codger |
| Old geezer |
| Water bird |
| Foolish one |
| Old buzzard |
| Aquatic bird |
| Diving bird. |
| Stupid bird? |
| Type of rail |
| Crotchety guy |
| Duck's cousin |
| Swimming bird |
| Crotchety one |
| Ducklike bird |
| Wetlands bird |
| Eccentric one |
| Foolish fellow |
| Cranky old man |
| Cranky oldster |
| Odd old fellow |
| Crotchety sort |
| Foolish old guy |
| Black waterfowl |
| Amusing old guy |
| Foolish old man |
| Crotchety person |
| Small water bird |
| Eccentric geezer |
| Rail family bird |
| Eccentric fellow |
| Crotchety old man |
| Eccentric old man |
| Crotchety oldster |
| Eccentric oldster |
| Old" crotchety one |
| Black aquatic bird |
| Foolish old codger |
| Old foolish person |
| Symbol of baldness |
| Cantankerous fellow |
| Crotchety old-timer |
| Cantankerous old guy |
| Proverbially bald bird |
| Web-footed water bird. |
| White-billed waterfowl |
| Bird of the rail family |
| Black-plumed marsh bird |
| Black-plumed water bird |
| White-billed marsh bird |
| Black-plumed pond swimmer |
| Proverbially bald aquatic bird |
| Aquatic bird of the rail family |
| Black waterbird with a white bill |
| . . . haunts of ___ and hern": Tennyson |
| Swimming bird to which weird old people might be compared |