ducks
Avoids by lowering
Ducks are waterfowl with broad flat bills, webbed feet, and waterproof feathers.
They float, dive, and waddle—the archetypal pond bird.
To duck is to lower your head or body quickly to avoid something: She ducked under the branch.
By extension, to duck a question or responsibility is to evade it.
As a term of endearment, duck is British: Thanks, duck.
A duck in cricket is a score of zero.
Common dabbling waterfowl
- tealShade between aqua, cyan
- pintailDuck with elongated tailfeathers
- canvasbackNorth American diving waterfowl
- merganserSerrated-billed diving duck
shoveler · eider · scoter · goldeneye · widgeon · pochard · gadwall · wigeon
Shallow, casual involvement
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- peckingJabbing with beak
omnivorous · aquatic plants · insects · mollusks · crustaceans · grains · seeds · worms
Shallow, casual involvement
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- divingEntering water deliberately
- waddlingSwaying gait, short steps
quacking · nesting · brooding · molting · paddling · bobbing · splashing · bathing
Small still body
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- cattailsTall wetland reed
lily pads · freshwater · bank · ripples · nesting · riverbank · lake · stream
Avoid by quick movement
Aerial migration corridors
- V-formationAerodynamic group flight pattern
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
navigation · stopover · breeding grounds · instinct · autumn · spring · transcontinental · departure
Intense fond attachment
- dearTreasured or costly
- petDomesticated household companion
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
Duck's characteristic call
- callContact by phone
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- honkLoud nasal blast
- peepBrief secret look
Meat preserved in fat
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- crispy skinBrowned, crunchy outer layer
- rendered fatFat melted from tissue
mallard
Common dabbling waterfowl
- tealShade between aqua, cyan
- pintailDuck with elongated tailfeathers
- canvasbackNorth American diving waterfowl
merganser · shoveler · eider · scoter · goldeneye · widgeon · pochard · gadwall · wigeon · redhead
dabbling
Shallow, casual involvement
pecking · omnivorous · aquatic plants · insects · mollusks · crustaceans · grains · seeds · worms · snails
dabbling
Shallow, casual involvement
waddling · quacking · nesting · brooding · molting · paddling · bobbing · splashing · bathing · roosting
pond
Small still body
cattails · lily pads · freshwater · bank · ripples · nesting · riverbank · lake · stream · mudflat
dodge
Avoid by quick movement
crouch · lower · bob · weave · swerve · deflect · escape · shirk
flyways
Aerial migration corridors
- V-formationAerodynamic group flight pattern
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
overwinter · navigation · stopover · breeding grounds · instinct · autumn · spring · transcontinental · departure · arrival
love
Intense fond attachment
- dearTreasured or costly
- petDomesticated household companion
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
quacking
Duck's characteristic call
- callContact by phone
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- honkLoud nasal blast
confit
Meat preserved in fat
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- crispy skinBrowned, crunchy outer layer
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- domesticated animalscow, dogs, pig, cats, horses
- warm-bloodedmammals, birds, dogs, cats, humans
- domestic animals and cultivated plantslivestock, cattle, cows, pigs, sheep
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- sitting duckDefenseless person or thing
- ducks outExits discreetly, avoids something
- ugly ducklingInitially unpromising eventual success
- ducked outDeparted quietly, unobtrusively
- rubber duckSqueezable floating tub toy
- Donald DuckIrascible animated waterfowl
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