charitonetta albeola

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charitonetta albeola - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See
     Buffalo.] (Zool.)
     A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or
     butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous
     elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also
     bufflehead.
     [1913 Webster]