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Duck's-foot :: Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

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..

Splitter :: Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck.

Duck-billed :: Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck.

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

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..

Duckweed :: Duckweed (n.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat..

Ringneck :: Ringneck (n.) The ring-necked duck.

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..

Shelduck :: Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake.

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..

Duckbill :: Duckbill (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n..

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..

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..

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

Sleepyhead :: Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.

Anas :: Anas (n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks..

Earlduck :: Earlduck (n.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

Paddlefish :: Paddlefish (n.) A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon..

Water Mole :: Water mole () The duck mole. See under Duck.

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