In the names of other animals. A steamer duck (genus Tachyeres). Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > tachyeres brachypterus (steamer) (4) racehorsea1769 In the names of other animals. A steamer duck (genus Tachyeres). Obsolete. loggerhead1776 As the popular name of various heavy-headed animals. applied to (a) two species of tyrant-bird inhabiting Jamaica, Pitangus caudifasciatus and Myiarch… steamer1827 (transferred from sense 5) The duck Tachyeres (or Micropterus) cinereus (or brachypterus) of the Falkland Islands; the loggerhead or race-horse. Also… logger-headed duck1839 Of animals: Having a large head. logger-headed duck = loggerhead, n. 6b(c). |
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