English > duck: 8 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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, communication| Meaning | 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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