longtailed duck

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a common duck, Clangula hyemalis, of the northern hemisphere.

Quotations

1795

The Mallard and Long-tailed Duck visit Hudson's Bay in great numbers, and extend from the sea-coast to the remotest Western parts.

1850

They said there were also plenty of the eider, and the long-tailed duck.

1958

Here we had snow geese, eider ducks and long-tailed ducks in a lagoon nearby.