Bahama duck

noun

variants or less commonly Bahama pintail

: a pin-tailed duck (Anas bahamensis) with a white face and throat, red base to the bill, and pale buff tail that is widely distributed in the Caribbean islands and through much of South America

called also white-cheeked pintail

Word History

Etymology

from the Bahama islands in the Atlantic southeast of Florida

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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