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mandarin duck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mandarin duck has 1 sense
- mandarin duck(n = noun.animal) aix galericulata - showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated; Array is a kind of duck
is a member of aix, genus aix
CIDE DICTIONARY
mandarin duck, n.
A showy crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata , formerly Dendronessa galericulata ), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection. [1913 Webster]
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