doucker

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doucker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\ (g[=o]ld"'n*[imac]), n. (Zool.)
     A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe,
     Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is
     larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon,
     whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of
     America (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.
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  Doucker \Douck"er\, n. [From aouck, for duck. See Duck, v. t.]
     (Zool.)
     A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard,
     scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov.
     Eng.]
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