Definition of duck

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Duck (v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae..

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Troopfowl :: Troopfowl (n.) The American scaup duck.
Drabbet :: Drabbet (n.) A coarse linen fabric, or duck..
Querquedule :: Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..
Sarcelle :: Sarcelle (n.) The old squaw, or long-tailed duck..
Widgeon :: Widgeon (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly..
Duckmeat :: Duckmeat (n.) Alt. of Duck's-mea.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Broadbill :: Broadbill (n.) A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Buffel Duck :: Buffel duck () A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead..
Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..
Woolhead :: Woolhead (n.) The buffel duck.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Bummalo :: Bummalo (n.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.
Whitewing :: Whitewing (n.) The velvet duck.
Ducking :: Ducking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Duc.
Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..
Sprigtail :: Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail..
Earlduck :: Earlduck (n.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).
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