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ruddy duck
noun
Definition of RUDDY DUCK
: an American duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) with a long tail of stiff feathers, a broad bill, and in the breeding male a brownish-red back and sides and a blue bill
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First Known Use of RUDDY DUCK
1814
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