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Webster 1913 Edition
Buffel duck
Buf′fel duck
(bŭf′fĕl dŭkˊ)
. [See
Buffalo
.] (Zool.)
A small duck (
Charitonetta albeola
); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead
.