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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Asian duck (Aix galericulata) having brightly colored plumage and a crested head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A showy crested Asiatic duck (
Aix galericulata , formerlyDendronessa galericulata ), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a perching duck that has a red bill, large white
crescent above the eye and reddish face,Aix galericulata .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
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