Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of duck; especially, a teal, as the garganey, Querquedula circia. Also
sercel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
oldsquaw , a kind ofduck .
Etymologies
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French, from Latin querquedula.
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Examples
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(German), El pato media luna (Spanish), La sarcelle soucrourou (French), La sarcelle à ailes bleues (French), La marzaiola americana (Italian), De blauwvleugeltaling (Dutch), Blåvingad årta (Swedish), and A kékszárnyú réce (Magyar).
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