English Explanatory Dictionary

spirit duck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bufflehead (Bucephala albeola).

Word forms

spirit duck spirit ducks

Etymology

From its rapid diving, on account of which the Native Americans believed it had magical powers.

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