(Anas menlo.) The common name of a wild duck, which appears on our coast in large numbers in October. On the Chesapeake it is called Black-head; and in Virginia, Raft-duck.--Nat. History of New York.
·noun The shoveler. ·see <<Shoveler>>. II. Broadbill ·noun A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila)...
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