blue duck

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

And yet, here comes DeChambeau, a blue duck in a sea of vanilla.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 26, 2018

Sean, Josie, Peggy, come in for yeer tea, come in at wanst for the fresh bread and butter and the gorgeous blue duck egg what no one else in the lane have.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

After they had talked for a while, a man, dressed in blue duck trousers, a saffron-colored shirt, and an old slouch hat, which he did not remove, walked in, carrying a riding quirt.

From Ranching for Sylvia by Bindloss, Harold

Their blue duck clothing and bare brown arms appeared among the white and ocher tinting of the grass that seemed charged with brightness, and the sounds of their activity came up to her.

From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold

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

From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.