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ruddy duck
noun
- a stiff-tailed American duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, the adult male of which has a brownish-red body, black crown, and white cheeks.
ruddy duck
noun
- a small duck, Oxyura jamaicensis , that inhabits marshes, ponds, etc, in North America and N South America and has a stiff upright tail. The male has a reddish-brown body and blue bill in the breeding season
Word History and Origins
Origin of ruddy duck1
Example Sentences
Lacking a syrinx, dinosaurs could not exactly sing, but they still shook the Cretaceous forests with rubbing scales, snapping jaws, whip-cracking tails and a sound like the “strangled belch of ruddy ducks.”
Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday.
Coast Guard said there so far was just one ruddy duck that was covered in oil and receiving veterinary care.
Coast Guard said so far there was just one ruddy duck that was covered in oil and receiving veterinary care.
There and at ponds on the north side of Miller Butte there were also mallards, buffleheads, a greenwing teal, pintails, a couple of hooded mergansers, a ruddy duck and others.
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