duck1

noun (plural same or ducks)

• 1a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

  • Family Anatidae (the duck family); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard or wild duck. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks
• a female duck. Contrasted with drake¹.
• a duck as food: [mass noun]:a tangy stew of duck, lamb, and sausage

• 2a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

  • Genus Anatina, family Mactridae

• 3another term for DUKW.