black duck


noun
  1. any of several ducks having dusky or black plumage, as Anas rubripes, of the northeastern U.S. and Canada.

Origin of black duck

1
First recorded in 1630–40

Words Nearby black duck

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How to use black duck in a sentence

  • The latter looked in the required direction, and he soon saw a large black duck floating in stately repose on the water.

    The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper
  • The most noticeable difference in plumage between this and the black duck is the absence of markings on the chin.

    The Bird Book | Chester A. Reed
  • The leader evidently had a strain of black duck in her blood.

    Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
  • His children by her are of phratry Crow, of totem black duck.

  • black duck (Anas rubripes), which name, therefore, includes both Nos. 133 and 133a.