pink-eared duck

noun

A species of duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus, endemic to Australia.

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Meanings

nounpink-eared duck (plural pink-eared ducks)

plural pink-eared ducks

  1. A species of duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus, endemic to Australia.

    The highly nomadic pink-eared duck is likely to be found over a vast area but depends for its living on floodwaters, which are, of course, ephemeral.

    2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 82

Translations

Dutch lepelbekeend
  • lepelbekeendMalacorhynchus membranaceus
Russian розовоу́хая у́тка
  • розовоу́хая у́тка (rozovoúxaja útka)Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pink-eared duck

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APA

pink-eared duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pink-eared%20duck

MLA

“pink-eared duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pink-eared%20duck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pink-eared duck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pink-eared%20duck.

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