"mandarin duck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmændəɹɪn dʌk/ [UK], /ˈmændəɹɪn dʌk/ [US] Forms: mandarin ducks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Native to Northeast China and Amur. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mandarin duck (plural mandarin ducks)
  1. A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata. Wikipedia link: Northeast China, mandarin duck Categories (lifeform): Ducks Translations (bird): мандаринка (mandarinka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ànec mandarí [masculine] (Catalan), 鴛鴦 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸳鸯 (yuānyāng) (Chinese Mandarin), kachnička mandarinská [feminine] (Czech), mandarinand [common-gender] (Danish), mandarijneend (Dutch), mandarenanaso (Esperanto), seglont [feminine] (Faroese), mandariinisorsa (Finnish), canard mandarin [masculine] (French), pato mandarín [masculine] (Galician), Mandarinente [feminine] (German), מנדרין סיני (mandarin sini) [masculine] (Hebrew), mandarinréce (Hungarian), bebek mandarin (Indonesian), lacha mhandrach [feminine] (Irish), anatra mandarina [feminine] (Italian), 鴛鴦 (oshidori) (Japanese), オシドリ (Japanese), 원앙 (wonang) (Korean), mandarininė antis (Lithuanian), Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí (Navajo), mandarinand (Norwegian), mandarynka [feminine] (Polish), pato-mandarim [masculine] (Portuguese), мандаринка (mandarinka) [feminine] (Russian), lach Shìonach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pato mandarín [masculine] (Spanish), mandarinand [common-gender] (Swedish), mandarin ördeği (Turkish), hwyaden gribog (Welsh)

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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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