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black duck

noun

Definition of BLACK DUCK

:  any of several ducks that are dark in color; especially :  a common brown duck (Anas rubripes) of eastern North America
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First Known Use of BLACK DUCK

1637

Rhymes with BLACK DUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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