blue duck

noun

1. a mountain duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos , of New Zealand having a mostly lead-blue plumage Also calledNZwhio

Example Sentences

Billy had a thought that perhaps some one had beat him to it with news from the Blue Duck, but he put it from him.

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The Blue Duck was a dance hall where liquor was sold on the quiet, and where unspeakable things happened every little while.

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Thus were pearls first created, and for this the blue duck received its lovely plumage.

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He didn't like to go to the Blue Duck Tavern on account of his aunt.

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I have seen very good blue duck shooting on the Waimakiriri river, but 50 per cent.

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