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conjuring duck
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the bufllehead, Glaucionetta albeola.
See: spirit duck
Quotations
1823
The Buffel-headed Duck of Catesby . . . is known to the Canadian settlers also as the Conjuring Duck.
2
the common goldeneye, Glaucionetta clangula.
Quotations
1959
Common Goldeneye [is also called] conjuring duck (In reference to its "magical" ability in diving at the flash of an old-time gun or the twang of a bow-string quickly enough to evade the missile. "N.W.T."). . . .