Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida. See cut under Erismatura.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various ducks whose tails have stiff feathers, including the ruddy duck.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Local, U.S. The ruddy duck.
Etymologies
- stiff + tail (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Just ducky
bufflehead, merganser, canvasback, muscovy, smew, pochard, shoveler, goosander, teal, seaduck, sheldrake, mallard and 66 more...
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reesetee See dumpling duck, dunker, or dun-curre. Jan 6, 2009