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loggerhead duck

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Tachyeres brachypterus, a shellfish-eating duck of the Falkland Islands; a poor diver, incapable of true flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: Falkland steamer duck

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ànec vapor de les Malvines — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Dutch: Falklandbooteend — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Esperanto: Falklanda vaporanaso — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Finnish: tyrskyviuhtoja — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • French: brassemer des Malouines — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • German: Falkland-Dampfschiffente — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Hungarian: Falklandi gőzhajóréce — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Japanese: フナガモ — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Low German: Falkland-Bootaante — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Norwegian: Falklandsskovleand — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Polish: torpedówka falklandzka — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Russian: фолклендская утка-пароход (folklendskaja utka-paroxod) — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Swedish: Falklandsångbåtsand — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Welsh: hwyad bendew — Tachyeres brachypterus
  • Welsh: hwyaden fawr Falkland — Tachyeres brachypterus