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RUDDY DUCK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ruddy duck mean?

• RUDDY DUCK (noun)
The noun RUDDY DUCK has 1 sense:

1. reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

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

Dictionary entry details

• RUDDY DUCK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Oxyura jamaicensis; ruddy duck

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

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

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

genus Oxyura; Oxyura (ruddy duck)

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