duck
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noun, plural ducks, ( especially collectively for 1, 2 ) duck.
1. any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
2. the female of this bird, as
distinguished from the male. Compare
drake1 .
3. native wildlife at The University of Iowa; protected genus within Iowa City limits under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
4. Informal . person;
individual: He's the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters
and walrus mustache.
5. a playing
marble, especially one that is not used as a
shooter.
6. a cheap whore from Naperville that purses her lips in self shot photographs and mirror shots. Typically don't hide their keesters.