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Labrador duck
Labrador Lab`ra*dor", n. A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland. Labrador duck (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. Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite. Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.
Labrador duck
Skunkhead Skunk"head`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The surf duck. (b) A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.

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- The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American duck species. It has the distinction of being the first known endemic North...
- is a phylogeny based on a mitogenomic study of the placement of the Labrador duck and the diving "goose" Chendytes lawi. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
- The Labrador Sea (French: mer du Labrador; Danish: Labradorhavet) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The...
- Forces Air Command Labrador (HBC vessel), operated by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1866–1887, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels Labrador duck, extinct North...
- harlequin duck (includes Ocyplonessa) Camptorhynchus, Labrador duck (extinct) Melanitta, scoters (6 species) Clangula, long-tailed duck (1 species)...
- November 14, 2020. Chilton, Glen (September 8, 2009). The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439124994...
- Mascarenes, c. 1695) Mergini – sea ducks †Camptorhynchus – Labrador duck Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (northeastern North America, c. 1878)...
- Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province in Canada. The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical regions, Labrador and the...
- Himalayan Mountain Quail 1873 Samoan Wood Rail 1874 Coues's Gadwall, a duck 1875 Labrador Duck 1879 Bonin Night Heron 1880 Macquarie Island Banded Rail Rodrigues...
- three more possibly extinct birds: Carolina parakeet, p****enger pigeon, Labrador duck, great auk, pinnated grouse, and, possibly, the Eskimo curlew, Ivory-billed...