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baldpate |
a brown freshwater duck with a white crown; wigeon. [1/2 definitions] |
black duck |
a dark brown pond duck of northeastern North America. [1/2 definitions] |
broadbill |
any of several birds characterized by a broad bill, such as the shoveler duck. [1/2 definitions] |
bufflehead |
a small North American duck that has black and white feathers and a bushy head. |
canvasback |
a North American wild duck, the male of which has a reddish head and a whitish back. |
drake |
a male duck. |
duck1 |
the female of any variety of duck. (Cf. drake.) [2/3 definitions] |
duck3 |
(pl.) pants, or occasionally other garments, made of duck. [1/2 definitions] |
duckling |
an immature duck. |
duckwalk |
to walk while in a squatting position; waddle like a duck. |
gadwall |
a widely distributed duck native to North America that has gray or brown plumage. |
goose |
a wild or domesticated water bird that resembles a duck but is usu. larger and has a longer neck and legs and a more pointed bill. [1/6 definitions] |
hadrosaur |
any dinosaur of the Hadrosauridae family, having a broad, flat snout for grazing; also known as a "duck-billed dinosaur." |
mallard |
a common wild duck, the male of which has an iridescent, dark green head and neck. |
Muscovy duck |
a large crested duck of the Western Hemisphere that has been widely domesticated. |
oldsquaw |
a black marine duck with a white breast. |
pintail |
a species of duck, the male of which has a long, pointed tail. |
platypus |
an egg-laying mammal of Australia and Tasmania that has webbed feet for swimming, a broad, horny bill like that of a duck, and a long, flat tail, and that lives in and near water. |
quack1 |
the sound made by a duck, or a similar sound. [1/2 definitions] |
redhead |
a North American diving duck, the male of which has a reddish head. [1/2 definitions] |
ring-necked duck |
a dark North American duck, the male of which has a faint, copper-colored ring around the neck. |
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