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whistling duck

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any bird of the genus Dendrocygna in the family Anatidae, the family of duck, goose and swan.

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: শৰালি (xorali) — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Assamese: শৰালি হাঁহ (xorali hãh) — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Catalan: ànec arbori — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Dutch: fluiteend — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Dutch: boomeend — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Finnish: viheltäjäsorsa — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • German: Pfeifgans — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Italian: dendrocigna — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Russian: древе́сная у́тка (drevésnaja útka) — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Russian: свистя́щая у́тка (svistjáščaja útka) — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Spanish: pato silbador — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Spanish: iguasa — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Spanish: yaguasa — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Spanish: sirirí — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Spanish: suirirí — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Swedish: visseland — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Turkish: islıkçı ördek — bird of the genus Dendrocygna
  • Vietnamese: le le — bird of the genus Dendrocygna