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Skunkball :: Skunkball (n.) The surf duck.

Raven''s-duck :: Raven's-duck (n.) A fine quality of sailcloth.

Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..

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

Spiketail :: Spiketail (n.) The pintail duck.

Willet :: Willet (n.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew..

Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S

Tufted :: Tufted (a.) Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck..

Coscoroba :: Coscoroba (n.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan..

Skeelduck :: Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of Skeelgoos.

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

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..

Duck's-bill :: Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill.

Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..

Ferae Naturae :: Ferae naturae () Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property..

Skunktop :: Skunktop (n.) The surf duck.

Duck :: Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Castigatory :: Castigatory (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket..

Scoter :: Scoter (n.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

Sea Duck :: Sea duck () Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe..

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