Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of sea-ducks or Fuligulinæ, containing the garrots or goldeneyes.
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- noun a genus of ducks
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Examples
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A number of waterfowl species including goldeneye Bucephala clangula, goosander Mergus merganser, wigeon Anas penelope, teal Anas crecca and bean goose Anser fabalis breed in the area.
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(_Anas clangula_), which takes its trivial name from the whistling sound of its wings while in flight; and the ` shoveller, 'so called from the form of its bill; and the ` conjuring,' or ` spirit 'ducks of the Indians
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) The common goldeneye, a black-and-white diving duck, is one of the last to migrate south in the fall.
WN.com - Articles related to Anand Sharma favours treating fisheries on a par with agriculture 2010
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Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) The common goldeneye, a black-and-white diving duck, is one of the last to migrate south in the fall.
WN.com - Articles related to Anand Sharma favours treating fisheries on a par with agriculture 2010
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His secretary was to get the clangula to turpentine overside his tsuga to end the gaelic saturnism for planless lounge.
Rational Review 2009
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Other common wintering species are goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), mute swan (Cygnus olor), whooper swan (C. cygnus), flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), grey-lag goose (Anser anser), mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), teals, and diving ducks.
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