anas strepera

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anas strepera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gadwall \Gad"wall\, n. [Gad to walk about + well.] (Zool.)
     A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found
     in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also
     gray duck. [Written also gaddwell.]
     [1913 Webster]