torrent duck

English

Noun

torrent duck (plural torrent ducks)

1. A species of duck, Merganetta armata, found near fast-flowing rivers in the Andes.
   • 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:

     The mountain lakes are fed by streams that are frozen in winter but change overnight into raging torrents – the turbulent habitat of the torrent duck.

Translations

Merganetta armata

• Dutch: bergbeekeend (nl) f
• Finnish: koskisorsa (fi)