harlequins in English
noun
1
a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume.
Canio's character, Pagliaccio, catches his wife with the young Harlequin , played by the troupe's junior member, Beppe.
2
a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly gray-blue plumage with bold white markings.
State and federal studies show that 23 out of 25 keystone species, including orcas, sea otters, harbor seals, harlequin ducks and Pacific herring, still have not recovered from the oil spill.
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