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wood duck
noun
- 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.
wood duck
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood duck1
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
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Example Sentences
The wood duck, the handsomest of all the American ducks, is not plentiful anywhere, and seems to be growing fewer in numbers.
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One of his friends had a stuffed Wood-duck, so the 'Boy-that-wanted-to-know' drew that from a long way off.
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Tain't an easy job for greenhorns nohow; but you take to it kinder nateral, like the wood-duck to the pond.'
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The wood-duck is, according to strict scientific classification, a diminutive goose.
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Give me a black or a wood duck, freshly killed, before all scrub or 'plain' turkeys in Australia.
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