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burranet Obs. exc. dial. [app. repr. an OE. *beorh-ened (= Du. berg-eend bergander), f. beorh burrow n.2 + ened duck; cf. burrow-duck.] The Sheldrake.1602 Carew Cornwall 35 a, Widgeon, Burranets, Shags, Duck and Mallard. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. Dorset 39 Geese, Galls, Burranets, Woodcocks....
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burrow-duck
burrow-duck [f. burrow n.1 (or ? possibly n.2, in sense ‘sand-hill’; cf. burranet) + duck. The bird makes its nest in rabbit-burrows or in sand-hills on the sea-shore.] The Sheldrake or Bergander, Anas tadorna.1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 363 They are called by some, Burrow-Ducks, because they build...
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