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Definition of Diving duck
1. Noun. Any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food.
Definition of Diving duck
1. Noun. A duck that feeds mainly by diving such as the pochard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diving Duck
Literary usage of Diving duck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-western Provinces of India by John Henry Baldwin (1877)
"It is a diving duck, as its legs, placed far back in the body, at once show ;
very thick-built, and not a graceful bird ; feeding on various ..."
2. The Pawnee: Mythology (part I) by George Amos Dorsey (1906)
"The fire followed the Magpie for some time until the Magpie became tired, then
he gave the baby-board to the Diving-Duck. The fire still followed the ..."
3. What We Saw in Australia by Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill (1875)
"Our boat,' The diving duck,' was a queer little craft, some 40 feet long by 10
... The contractors had been compelled to use the diving duck before she was ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"This is not a diving duck, but feeds the same as our tame ducks, and is usually
found in fresh waters. I have never seen it here in winter. ..."
5. Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1885)
"From the sound produced by the flight resembling the tinkling of aleigh bells.
4. From its diving propensities it is called diving duck (Shetland Isles). ..."
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