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blue duck

noun

  1. a mountain duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos , of New Zealand having a mostly lead-blue plumage Also calledNZwhio
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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

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

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

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

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