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dusky
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adjective
(= twilight, twilit)
lighted by or as if by twilight
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
— Henry Fielding
the twilight glow of the sky
a boat on a twilit river
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adjective
(= dark-skinned, swart, swarthy)
naturally having skin of a dark color
a dark-skinned beauty
gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
a smile on his swarthy face
'swart' is archaic
broadbill
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noun
small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
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noun
(= boatbill)
tropical American heron related to night herons
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noun
(= shoveler)
freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
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noun
(= scaup)
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill