Definitions
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- noun Clangula hyemalis, the long-tailed duck, a medium-sized
seaduck .
Etymologies
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old + squaw
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Examples
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Long-tailed duck (formerly called oldsquaw) (1.6 lb.)
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Species such as eiders, oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis), common merganser (Mergus merganser), and red-breasted mergansers (M. serrator), are hunted by set seasonal open and closing dates.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Representative species include snow, Brant and Canada goose; yellow-billed, Arctic, and red-throated loons; whistling swans; oldsquaw ducks; gyrfalcons; willow and rock ptarmigan; red-necked phalarope; parasitic jaeger; snowy owls; hoary redpoll and snow bunting.
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I would like to hear of an oldsquaw which now is called, I think, a long-tailed duck.
Prolagus commented on the word oldsquaw
February 28, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word oldsquaw
See discussion on hottentot.
February 28, 2011
reesetee commented on the word oldsquaw
Beautiful bird. Thanks, Pro. :-)
March 2, 2011