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noun
any of several ducks having dusky or black plumage, as Anas rubripes, of the northeastern U.S. and Canada.
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Origin of black duck
First recorded in 1630–40
Words nearby black duck
black diamond, black diet, black disc, black disease, black dog, black duck, black dwarf, black earth, black economy, blacken, blackened
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