Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-BO'RE-A
A-BO'RE-A, n.
A species of duck, called by Edwards, the black-bellied whistling duck. This fowl is of a reddish brown color, with a sort of crest on its head; the belly is spotted with black and white. It belongs to the genus Anas.
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