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Main Entry:
1 duck
Pronunciation: 'd&k
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ducks
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English duk, doke, from Old English duce
Date: before 12th century
1 or plural duck a : any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the body more or less depressed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes almost always different from each other in plumage b : the flesh of any of these birds used as food
2 : a female duck -- compare DRAKE
3 chiefly British : DARLING -- often used in plural but sing. in constr.
4 : PERSON, CREATURE
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Main Entry: drake
Pronunciation: 'drAk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German antrahho drake
Date: 14th century
: a male duck
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