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. |
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Muscovy duck |
A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil. |
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Raven |
A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity. |
n. |
Raven |
Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. |
a. |
Raven |
Rapine; rapacity. |
n. |
Raven |
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. |
n. |
Raven |
To obtain or seize by violence. |
v. t. |
Raven |
To devour with great eagerness. |
v. t. |
Raven |
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. |
v. i. |
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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Sea raven |
An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts. |
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Sea raven |
The cormorant. |
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Vicissy duck |
A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated. |
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Decoy-duck |
A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger. |
n. |
Duck |
A pet; a darling. |
n. |
Duck |
A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing. |
n. |
Duck |
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. |
n. |
Duck |
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. |
v. t. |
Duck |
To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. |
v. t. |
Duck |
To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. |
v. t. |