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diving duck

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diving duck
n.
Any of various ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae, including the scoters, eiders, goldeneyes, and scaups, that feed by diving beneath the surface of the water.
diving duck
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various ducks, such as the pochard, scaup, redhead, and canvasback, that inhabit bays, estuaries, lakes, etc., and can dive and swim beneath the surface of the water
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Noun1.diving duck - any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their fooddiving duck - any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
dabbling duck, dabbler - any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
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They are small, stout freshwater diving ducks with broad short wings and narrow stiff tails.
It's not a case of love a duck by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Mergansers, buffleheads, goldeneyes and other diving ducks show up in the bay waters as cold weather sets in.
Virginia Bird Watching by John C. Banks / Travel, recreation and leisure community
Significant correlations between T1 contents in kidney and liver were observed for all dabbling ducks except mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); similar correlations were not observed in diving ducks.
J Wildl Dis: Thallium contamination in wild ducks in Japan by Mochizuki, M.; Mori, M.; Akinagal, M. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
 
 
 
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