grey duck

British  

noun

1. another name for parera

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Spoonbills and ibises, some white and some glossy rifle-green, and two kinds of a small grey duck, seen once only before on the Victoria, are among those worth enumerating.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

A hare is shut up in this coffer, and under her sits a grey duck whose body contains an egg.

From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Harding, Emily J.

One little white duck   Running from the water, One very fat duck—   Pretty little daughter— One little grey duck   Holding up its wings.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

Leopards, black buck, spotted deer, and nilgai are common; the mallard, teal, grey duck, common goose, and all kinds of waterfowl abound.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

In addition we got some grey duck, gadwall, and a number of garganey and pochard.

From Wild Ducks How to Rear and Shoot Them by Oates, W. Coape