1. Noun
Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
2. Noun
Any one of the American mergansers.
3. Noun
Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
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4. Noun
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
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