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gadwall

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gad⋅wall

  [gad-wawl]
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–noun, plural -walls, (especially collectively) -wall.
a grayish-brown wild duck, Anas strepera, found in temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Origin:
1660–70; orig. uncert.
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gad·wall   (gād'wôl')   
n.  A widely distributed North American duck (Anas strepera) having gray or brown plumage.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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