labrador duck

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labrador duck - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skunkhead \Skunk"head`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The surf duck.
     (b) A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly
         inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now
         supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and
         pied duck.
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  Labrador \Lab`ra*dor"\, n.
     A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of
     Newfoundland.
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     Labrador duck (Zool.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus  Labradorius
        ) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly
        common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to
        be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.
        
  
     Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite.
  
     Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of
        the genus Ledum (Ledum palustre and Ledum  latifolium
        ), found in Northern Europe and America. They
        are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as
        a substitute for hops.
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