BLACK DUCK

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Meaning:

A dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada

Synonyms:

Anas rubripes; black duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black 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 ("black duck" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)

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