Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small East Indian duck, Nettapus coromandelicus.
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Examples
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At first the native could only make out that the cause of the commotion was a bird of some kind, but after a few minutes, he, remaining crouched among the reeds and bushes, saw distinctly that it was a cotton-teal, and that each time it flopped into the water and rose again it left a gosling behind it.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The cotton-teal (_Nettopus coromandelianus_) usually lays its eggs in
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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