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lord 
n. a harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus. See lord and lady (duck) 1956 quote.
See also: lord and lady (duck)
- 1771 (1792) The two furriers came up from the tilt, and brought an otter and a lord.
- 1779 After breakfast I went to Green Island, where I saw a white fox, and killed a pair of lords.
- 1956 (1959) Harlequin Duck [is also called] lord (Nfld. N.S.) . . . old lord (The fully adult male. Nfld.) . . . .
- 1771 (1792) The two furriers came up from the tilt, and brought an otter and a lord.