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AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A duck of the No. American subspecies (americana) of the goldeneye being stocky, medium sized, and large headed with the male chiefly black and white, the female brown and gray.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Canard plongeur des zones arctiques, venant hiverner sur les rivages marins ou lacustres des régions plus méridionales (famille des anatidés; sous-espèce de Bucephala clangula).

Spanish

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