blue duck
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
blue duck (plural blue ducks)
- Any of species Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos of ducks native to New Zealand.
- Synonym: whio
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 83:
- Trout, which have been introduced to New Zealand waterways, may also pose a threat to blue ducks since they almost certainly compete with them for the aquatic insects on which the birds depend.