[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

duck \duck\, n. oe. duke, doke. see duck, v. t. 
   1. zool. any bird of the subfamily anatinae, family
      anatidae.
      1913 webster

   note: the genera and species are numerous. they are divided
         into river ducks and sea ducks. among the former
         are the common domestic duck anas boschas; the wood
         duck aix sponsa; the beautiful mandarin duck of
         china dendronessa galeriliculata; the muscovy duck,
         originally of south america cairina moschata. among
         the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. a sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
      person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
      1913 webster

            here be, without duck or nod,
            other trippings to be trod.           --milton.
      1913 webster

   bombay duck zool., a fish. see bummalo.

   buffel duck, spirit duck. see buffel duck.

   duck ant zool., a species of white ant in jamaica which
      builds large nests in trees.

   duck barnacle. zool. see goose barnacle.

   duck hawk. zool.
      a in the united states: the peregrine falcon.
      b in england: the marsh harrier or moor buzzard.

   duck mole zool., a small aquatic mammal of australia,
      having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
      ornithorhynchus anatinus. it belongs the subclass
      monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
      or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
      mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
      

   to make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
      so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
      the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:

   to play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
      away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
      

   lame duck. see under lame.
      1913 webster
see also:
duck anatinae anatidae river ducks sea ducks anas boschas 
aix sponsa dendronessa galeriliculata cairina moschata bombay duck bummalo 
buffel duck spirit duck duck ant duck barnacle goose barnacle 
duck hawk duck mole ornithorhynchus anatinus duckbill platypus 
mallangong mullingong tambreet water mole to make ducks and drakes 
to play at ducks and drakes lame duck lame 

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