English to English
noun
- tropical American heron related to night herons
source: WordNet 3.0
- diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
source: WordNet 3.0
- freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
source: WordNet 3.0
- small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
source: WordNet 3.0
- A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
source: Webster 1913
