wood duck
a North American duck, Aix sponsa, that nests in trees, the male of which has a long crest and black, chestnut, green, purple, and white plumage.
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How to use wood duck in a sentence
The wood duck, the handsomest of all the American ducks, is not plentiful anywhere, and seems to be growing fewer in numbers.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneOne of his friends had a stuffed Wood-duck, so the 'Boy-that-wanted-to-know' drew that from a long way off.
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson SetonTain't an easy job for greenhorns nohow; but you take to it kinder nateral, like the wood-duck to the pond.'
Cedar Creek | Elizabeth Hely WalsheThe wood-duck is, according to strict scientific classification, a diminutive goose.
Australian Pictures | Howard WilloughbyGive me a black or a wood duck, freshly killed, before all scrub or 'plain' turkeys in Australia.
Tom Gerrard | Louis Becke
British Dictionary definitions for wood duck
a duck, Aix sponsa, of wooded swamps, lakes, etc, in North America, having a very brightly coloured plumage in the male
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