单词 | harlequin duck |
释义 | > as lemmasharlequin duck harlequin duck n. see 3. harlequin duck 3. More fully harlequin duck. A northern species of duck, Histrionicus minutus, with fantastically variegated plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > histrionicus histrionicus (harlequin duck) rock duck1704 lord and lady1766 harlequin1772 mountain duck1831 1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 419 Anas. A. Histrionica..Harlequin Duck. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 Swans and brant geese, harlequins and eiders. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiii The Harlequin..and the Eider Duck, visited the loch in vast numbers. 1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 706/2 Harlequin-ducks of the gayest plumage. < as lemmas |
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