RUDDY DUCK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Oxyura jamaicensis; ruddy duck

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Nouns denoting animals

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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