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harlequin duck

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.

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  • Ahtna: dzeł dziidzeʼ — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Bulgarian: каменарка (kamenarka) — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Catalan: ànec arlequí — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丑鴨 /丑鸭 (chǒuyā) — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Czech: kačka — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Danish: strømand — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Dutch: harlekijneend — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Faroese: brimont — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Finnish: virta-alli — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • French: canard arlequin — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • French: arlequin plongeur — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • French: garrot arlequin — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • German: Kragenente — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Greenlandic: toornaviarsuk — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Icelandic: straumönd — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Italian: moretta arlecchina — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Japanese: 晨鳧 (shinori-gamo) — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Korean: 흰줄박이오리 (huinjulbagiori) — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: harlekinand — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: harlekinand — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Penobscot: pítαhpskwe — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Russian: камену́шка (kamenúška) — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Spanish: pato arlequín — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Swedish: strömand — Histrionicus histrionicus
  • Lower Tanana: tthato xwlaya — Histrionicus histrionicus