harlequin duck

Ornith.: Clangula , or Fuligula histrionic a . It is ash-colored, the male fantastically patched with white, the eyelids and flanks red. harlequin-snake, s. Zool.: Elaps fulvius , a venomous snake, ringed with red and black, found in the Southern States. hăr-le-quin, v. i . & t . [HARLEQUIN, S.] A. In trans.: To impersonate Harlequin in a pantomime; to act as a harlequin; to make sport. B. Trans.: To conjure away as though with a harlequin's magic wand.