drakes

Male waterfowl group

Drakes is the plural of drake, an adult male duck.

The term appears in contexts distinguishing male from female waterfowl: The pond had several drakes and a few hens.

Drake also survives in the compound firedrake, an archaic word for a fiery dragon or meteor.

ducks

mallard

Common dabbling waterfowl

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dragons

Mythical fire-breathing reptiles

serpent · lair · hoard · scales · wings · breath · slayer · legend · mythology · lore

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Opposites
sex/gender of ducks

drakesducks

Waterfowl or evades

hens · females

sex in poultry/fowl (general)

drakeshens

Female chickens

pullets · geese · peahens

Phrases
Family

drake

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G