torrent duck

English

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, published 2000, page 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.

Translations

Merganetta armata

Dutch: bergbeekeend (nl) f
Finnish: koskisorsa (fi)

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