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Definition: Buffel duck
Duck
\Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See
Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily
Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into
river ducks and
sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (
Anas boschas); the wood
duck (
Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (
Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (
Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See
Bummalo.
Buffel duck,
Spirit duck. See
Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See
Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(
Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also
duckbill,
platypus,
mallangong,
mullingong,
tambreet, and
water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under
Lame.
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Buffel duck
\Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See
Buffalo.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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