• a stock male character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume

Synonyms: jester, joker, merry andrew, droll

• a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings

• in varied colours; variegated

Synonyms: varicoloured, variegated, colourful, particoloured, multicoloured, multicolour, many-coloured, many-hued, rainbow, jazzy, kaleidoscopic, psychedelic, polychromatic, chequered