grey duck

British  

noun

1. another name for parera

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Example Sentences

One little black duck   Standing on a stone, One little grey duck   Swimming all alone, One little grey duck   Holding down it's head.

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

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)

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

The grey duck that had lain underneath flew off towards the sea: the prince fired, struck the bird, the latter dropped its egg into the sea, and both were swallowed by the waves.

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

All the rest of her belongings were contained in a little attaché case of grey duck, so flat that it seemed impossible that it could contain anything.

From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah