Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The long-tailed duck, Harelda glacialis: same as
oldwife , 1.
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In some parts of the United States the caccawee is called ` south-southerly, 'as its voice is there thought to resemble this phrase, while at the time when most heard -- the autumn -- these ducks are observed flying in a southerly direction.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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