LABRADOR DUCK

Definition: LABRADOR DUCK

LABRADOR DUCK

1. (Zo["o]l.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: Labrador Duck

Labrador Duck

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	*Camptorhynchus*
Species:	*labradorius*

Binomial name

Camptorhynchus labradorius

The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) was an eider-like sea duck which was never very common.

Although it has been hunted for food, this bird probably died out because of decline due to pollution of mussels and other shellfish that it fed on. It was thought to breed in Labrador and this duck could be found as far south as Chesapeake Bay.

The last Labrador duck was seen at Elmira, New York in December 12, 1878.

Also see

Extinct birds

Links

The Labrador Duck from John James Audobon's Birds of America

Image Slideshow: LABRADOR DUCK

Modern Translations: LABRADOR DUCK

Language		Translations for "labrador duck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		abradorlay uckday.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: LABRADOR DUCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-d-k-l-o-r-r-u"
	-3 letters: cardboard, duckboard.
	-4 letters: labrador, larboard, oracular.
	-5 letters: auroral, barrack, burdock, carbora, carload, radular, ruddock.
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