skunk n Comb skunk duck: Labrador duck, now extinct (Camptorhynchus
labradorius); PlED DUCK.
1977 Them Days ii (3), p. 13
The Labrador Duck, known also as the 'pied duck' and the 'skunk duck' was common on the
Labrador coast until about 1842. It measured approximately twenty-nine inches long. The
males were black with white heads and markings and the females were greyish-brown above
and greyish-white below.
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