Definition of duck

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Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy..

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Dipper :: Dipper (n.) The buffel duck.
Ringbill :: Ringbill (n.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
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..
Garganey :: Garganey (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal..
Ducking :: Ducking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Duc.
Doucker :: Doucker (v. t.) A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks..
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..
Sea Widgeon :: Sea widgeon () The scaup duck.
Drabbet :: Drabbet (n.) A coarse linen fabric, or duck..
Bergander :: Bergander (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
Sprigtail :: Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail..
Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..
Skunktop :: Skunktop (n.) The surf 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..
Squealer :: Squealer (n.) The harlequin duck.
Duckmeat :: Duckmeat (n.) Alt. of Duck's-mea.
Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..
Querquedule :: Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
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