Definition of duck

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Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

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Sharptail :: Sharptail (n.) The pintail duck.
Web-footed :: Web-footed (a.) Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl..
Woolhead :: Woolhead (n.) The buffel duck.
Hareld :: Hareld (n.) The long-tailed duck.
Mullingong :: Mullingong (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck..
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows..
Smee :: Smee (n.) The pintail duck.
Muscovy Duck :: Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil..
Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S
Duck's-meat :: Duck's-meat (n.) Duckweed.
Duck-legged :: Duck-legged (a.) Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged..
Raven''s-duck :: Raven's-duck (n.) A fine quality of sailcloth.
Team :: Team (n.) A flock of wild ducks.
Fowl :: Fowl (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus)..
Ducked :: Ducked (imp. & p. p.) of Duc.
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
Skunkball :: Skunkball (n.) The surf duck.
Castigatory :: Castigatory (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
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