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Definition of Steamer duck

Steamer duck
Steamer Steam"er, n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. 2. A steam fire engine. See under Steam. 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The steamer duck. Steamer duck (Zo["o]l.), a sea duck (Tachyeres cinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side wheel duck.

Meaning of Steamer duck from wikipedia

- cone of South America in Chile and Argentina, and all except the flying steamer duck are flightless; even this one species capable of flight rarely takes...
- Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) is a species of flightless duck found on the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The steamer ducks...
- flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus), also known as the flying steamer-duck or flying stea****uck, is a species of South American duck in the...
- steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres) or the Magellanic flightless steamer duck, is a flightless duck native to South America. It belongs to the steamer duck...
- The Chubut steamer duck or white-headed flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres leucocephalus) is a flightless duck endemic to Argentina. It is the most recently...
- turn strong wing muscles. Three species of steamer duck are almost flightless, however. Many species of duck are temporarily flightless while moulting;...
- Chenonetta finschi † Steamer ducks Fuegian steamer duck, Tachyeres pteneres Falkland steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus Chubut steamer duck, Tachyeres leucocephalus...
- Province, Argentina Chubut River in the Chubut Province Chubut steamer duck, a flightless duck endemic to Argentina This disambiguation page lists articles...
- endemic bird species on the Falkland Islands are the flightless Falkland steamer duck and Cobb's wren. 63 species breed on the islands, including 14 endemic...
- Fuegian steamer duck Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, JR, 1844) 38 Falkland steamer duck Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790) 39 Chubut steamer duck Tachyeres...