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Burdekin duck

Burdekin duck noun: the bird Tadorna radjah, a protected species within Australia.

Noun

Burdekin duck (countable and uncountable, plural Burdekin ducks)

  1. (Australia, countable) The bird Tadorna radjah, a protected species within Australia.
    • The Burdekin duck is also large, and bronze and white in colour. They are found in large numbers on the River Burdekin, from which they derive their name.1870, Edward B. Kennedy, Four years in Queensland, page 116
    • The park is one of Australia's chief refuges for several bird species, including the Burdekin duck and magpie goose.2002, Rob Van Driesum, Lonely Planet Outback Australia, page 388
    Synonyms:
    radjah shelduck
  2. (Australia, obsolete, uncountable) A food dish made from leftovers or ingredients to hand, usually including corned beef.
    • even the exotic-sounding "Burdekin duck" consists of nothing more than slices of cold beef fried in batter.1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, →ISBN (discussing 19th century cookery)
    • It was loaded with food; sponge-cakes each higher and lighter than the next and oozing frothy cream, plates of sandwiches, egg and lettuce, corned-beef and pickle, and ‘Burdekin Duck’ made of bacon and tomato and cheese squashed up.2010, Marion Houldsworth, The Morning Side of the Hill, page 214

Burdekin duck meaning in Tamil

Burdekin duck in Tamil

வாத்து, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Examples of Burdekin duck in a sentence

  • The park is one of the chief refuges in Australia for several species, among them the magpie goose, green pygmy-goose and Burdekin duck.2003, Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory, page 145:
  • The duck on his left shoulder is the chestnut teal (mudjigin), and the one on his right is a burdekin duck (tindirrgam).2005, Allan Marett, Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia, page 17:

Synonyms of Burdekin duck

Forms of Burdekin duck

pluralBurdekin ducks
alternative formburdekin duck

Origin of Burdekin duck

From Burdekin (“a surname”); named after the Burdekin River, Queensland, which in turn was named for Mrs. Thomas Burdekin, who provided assistance to the expedition during which the river was discovered (by Europeans).

Questions about Burdekin duck

What does Burdekin duck mean?
Burdekin duck means the bird Tadorna radjah, a protected species within Australia.
What is Burdekin duck in Tamil?
Burdekin duck in Tamil is வாத்து, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Burdekin duck meaning in Tamil.
How do you use Burdekin duck in a sentence?
The park is one of the chief refuges in Australia for several species, among them the magpie goose, green pygmy-goose and Burdekin duck.
What part of speech is Burdekin duck?
Burdekin duck is a noun.
What is the plural of Burdekin duck?
The plural of Burdekin duck is Burdekin ducks.

Words near Burdekin duck in the dictionary

  1. burdash
  2. burdashes
  3. burdei
  4. burdeis
  5. Burdekin
  6. Burdekin duck
  7. Burdekin ducks
  8. Burdekin plum
  9. Burdekin plums
  10. Burdell
  11. burden

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