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duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs |
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anseriform bird chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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anatidae,
family anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
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drake adult male of a wild or domestic duck
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quack-quack child's word for a duck
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duckling young duck
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diving duck any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food
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dabbler,
dabbling duck an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
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anas platyrhynchos,
mallard wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
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anas rubripes,
black duck a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada
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teal any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
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anas penelope,
widgeon,
wigeon freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
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anas clypeata,
broadbill,
shoveler,
shoveller small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
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anas acuta,
pin-tailed duck,
pintail long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
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sheldrake Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
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oxyura jamaicensis,
ruddy duck reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
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bucephela albeola,
bufflehead,
butterball,
dipper small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
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bucephela clangula,
goldeneye,
whistler large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
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aythya valisineria,
canvasback,
canvasback duck North American wild duck valued for sport and food
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aythya ferina,
pochard heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
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aythya americana,
redhead North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
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bluebill,
broadbill,
scaup,
scaup duck small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
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wild duck an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard)
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aix sponsa,
summer duck,
wood duck,
wood widgeon showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees
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aix galericulata,
mandarin duck showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
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cairina moschata,
muscovy duck,
musk duck large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
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sea duck any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser
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duck down down of the duck
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duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
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duck - flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) |
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poultry flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
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duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
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duckling young duck
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duck - (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman |
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score the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
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cricket a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
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duck - a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents |
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cloth,
fabric,
material,
textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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duck - submerge or plunge suddenly |
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dive,
plunge,
plunk swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
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duck - to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" |
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move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
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