English > duck: 8 senses > noun 1, animalMeaning | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
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Member of | Anatidae, family Anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip |
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Parts | duck | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) |
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duck down | down of the duck |
Narrower | black duck, Anas rubripes | A dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada |
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bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola | small North American diving duck |
canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria | North American wild duck valued for sport and food |
dabbling duck, dabbler | Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling |
diving duck | Any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food |
drake | adult male of a wild or domestic duck |
duckling | young duck |
goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula | large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions |
mallard, Anas platyrhynchos | wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended |
mandarin duck, Aix galericulata | showy crested Asiatic duck |
muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata | large crested wild duck of Central America and South America |
pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
pochard, Aythya ferina | Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head |
quack-quack | child's word for a duck |
redhead, Aythya americana | North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head |
ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis | reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America |
scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill | diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill |
sea duck | Any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast |
sheldrake | Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill |
shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata | Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill |
teal | Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America |
widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope | Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals |
wild duck | An undomesticated duck (especially a mallard) |
wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees |
Broader | anseriform bird | chiefly web-footed swimming birds |
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Spanish | ánade, pato |
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Catalan | ànec |
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Nouns | duckling | young duck |
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English > duck: 8 senses > verb 4, communicationMeaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep |
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Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
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quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections |
Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
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Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir |
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Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar |
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