Meanings
nountorrent duck (plural torrent ducks)
plural torrent ducks
- A species of duck, Merganetta armata, found near fast-flowing rivers in the Andes.
The mountain lakes are fed by streams that are frozen in winter but change overnight into raging torrents – the turbulent habitat of the torrent duck.
2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52
Translations
Dutch bergbeekeend
- bergbeekeendMerganetta armata
Finnish koskisorsa
- koskisorsaMerganetta armata
Russian а́ндская у́тка, ручьева́я у́тка
- а́ндская у́тка (ándskaja útka)Merganetta armata
- ручьева́я у́тка (ručʹjevája útka)Merganetta armata
- а́ндская шпо́рцевая у́тка (ándskaja špórcevaja útka)Merganetta armata
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Chicago
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