duck (n)

n01846331

type n
lex_filenum 05
def small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
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Hypernym anseriform bird
Member holonym Anatidae, family Anatidae
Derivationally related form duck → duckling
Hyponym drake; quack-quack; duckling; diving duck; dabbling duck, dabbler; mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; black duck, Anas rubripes; teal; widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope; shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata; pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta; sheldrake; ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis; bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola; goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula; canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria; pochard, Aythya ferina; redhead, Aythya americana; scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill; wild duck; wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa; mandarin duck, Aix galericulata; muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata; sea duck
Part meronym duck down; duck
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Hyponym anseriform bird
Member meronym Anatidae, family Anatidae
Hypernym drake; quack-quack; duckling; diving duck; dabbling duck, dabbler; mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; black duck, Anas rubripes; teal; widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope; shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata; pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta; sheldrake; ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis; bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola; goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula; canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria; pochard, Aythya ferina; redhead, Aythya americana; scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill; wild duck; wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa; mandarin duck, Aix galericulata; muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata; sea duck
Derivationally related form duckling → duck
Part holonym duck down; duck

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