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wood duck

noun

  1. 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

  1. a duck, Aix sponsa, of wooded swamps, lakes, etc, in North America, having a very brightly coloured plumage in the male
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

One of his friends had a stuffed Wood-duck, so the 'Boy-that-wanted-to-know' drew that from a long way off.

Tain't an easy job for greenhorns nohow; but you take to it kinder nateral, like the wood-duck to the pond.'

The wood-duck is, according to strict scientific classification, a diminutive goose.

Give me a black or a wood duck, freshly killed, before all scrub or 'plain' turkeys in Australia.

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