torrent duck
Noun
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Noun
torrent duck (plural torrent ducks)
- A species of duck, Merganetta armata, found near fast-flowing rivers in the Andes.
- 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide 2000, p. 52:
- The mountain lakes are fed by streams that are frozen in winter but change overnight into raging torrents – the turbulent habitat of the torrent duck.
- 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide 2000, p. 52:
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