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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Desmognathous :: Desmognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds..
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard..
Smee :: Smee (n.) The pintail duck.
Anseriformes :: Anseriformes (n. pl.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
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..
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
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..
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..
Bufflehead :: Bufflehead (n.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
Ducked :: Ducked (imp. & p. p.) of Duc.
Spine-tailed :: Spinetail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Poultry :: Poultry (n.) Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese..
Gadwall :: Gadwall (n.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck..
Whitewing :: Whitewing (n.) The velvet duck.
Lamellirostral :: Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese..
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..
Surmen :: Surfer (n.) The surf duck.
Canvasback :: Canvasback (n.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back..
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