Ruddy ducks

French translation: Érismature rousse , Canard roux

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English term or phrase:Ruddy ducks
French translation:Érismature rousse , Canard roux
Entered by: norabessaha

14:50 Jul 24, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Zoology / ruddy ducks
English term or phrase: Ruddy ducks
dainty ruddy ducks in French?
norabessaha
United States
Local time: 08:34
Érismature rousse , Canard roux
Explanation:
Érismature rousse (Canard roux) Oxyura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck, Comme un grèbe, elle plonge lentement sous l'eau, sans faire de vague ...
www.museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Birds/MSS/.../erousse.htm
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GILOU
France
Local time: 13:34
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ruddy ducks
Érismature rousse , Canard roux


Explanation:
Érismature rousse (Canard roux) Oxyura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck, Comme un grèbe, elle plonge lentement sous l'eau, sans faire de vague ...
www.museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Birds/MSS/.../erousse.htm

GILOU
France
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 165
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  enrico paoletti
9 mins

agree  Tony M: Do you know, I always thought it was an expletive?! When someone said "Look at the ruddy ducks!", I thought they meant they didn't like them ;-)
1 hr

agree  Alison Sabedoria (X)
17 hrs
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