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noun

querquedŭla

gen. querquedŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
from the Gr. κερκουρίς, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79, acc. to O. Müller's conjecture
a kind of duck; the teal
a kind of duck, perh. the teal, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; 3, 11, 4; Col. 8, 15, 1: aquatiles querquedulae, Varr. ap. Non. 91, 4.
Perseus ID: n40090 Key: querquedula