Definition of duck

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Duck (v. t.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water..

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Shelduck :: Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake.
Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..
Earlduck :: Earlduck (n.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).
Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..
Waddle :: Waddle (v. i.) To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles..
Merganser :: Merganser (n.) Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill..
Skunkhead :: Skunkhead (n.) The surf duck.
Bummalo :: Bummalo (n.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.
Marionette :: Marionette (n.) The buffel duck.
Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..
Goosander :: Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae..
Beducked :: Beducked (imp. & p. p.) of Beduc.
Mallard :: Mallard (a.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.
Smew :: Smew (n.) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun..
Lamellirostral :: Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese..
Querquedule :: Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
Tufted :: Tufted (a.) Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck..
Duckbill :: Duckbill (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) The pintail duck.
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