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WOOD DUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood duck mean? 

WOOD DUCK (noun)
  The noun WOOD DUCK has 1 sense:

1. showy North American duck that nests in hollow treesplay

  Familiarity information: WOOD DUCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOD DUCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aix sponsa; summer duck; wood duck; wood widgeon

Hypernyms ("wood duck" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wood duck"):

wood drake (male wood duck)

Holonyms ("wood duck" is a member of...):

Aix; genus Aix (wood duck and mandarin duck)


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