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PRONUNCIATION OF WOOD DUCK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOOD DUCK

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Wood duck is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WOOD DUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wood duck

Wood duck

The wood duck or Carolina duck is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colourful North American waterfowl.

Definition of wood duck in the English dictionary

The definition of wood duck in the dictionary is a duck, Aix sponsa, of wooded swamps, lakes, etc, in North America, having a very brightly coloured plumage in the male.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOOD DUCK

wood alcohol
wood anemone
wood ant
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wood block
wood carving
wood coal
wood engraver
wood engraving
wood hedgehog
wood hyacinth
wood ibis
wood melic
wood melick
wood nymph
wood opal
wood owl
wood pigeon
wood pitch

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOOD DUCK

Barbary duck
blue duck
Bombay duck
cold duck
dead duck
decoy duck
diving duck
duck
eider duck
ferruginous duck
grey duck
harlequin duck
lame duck
mandarin duck
Muscovy duck
musk duck
Peking duck
ruddy duck
sea duck
sitting duck
tufted duck

Synonyms and antonyms of wood duck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wood duck» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOOD DUCK

Find out the translation of wood duck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wood duck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wood duck» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木鸭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pato de madera
570 millions of speakers

English

wood duck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी बतख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بطة الخشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

древесины утка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pato de madeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠের হাঁস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canard de bois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Itik kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holz-Ente
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木のアヒル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 오리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bebek kayu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vịt gỗ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மர வாத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाकडी ठोसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ördek ördek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Wood Duck
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kaczka drewna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деревини качка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rață lemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύλο πάπια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hout eend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wood duck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wood Duck
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wood duck

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD DUCK»

The term «wood duck» is regularly used and occupies the 89.263 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD DUCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wood duck

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD DUCK»

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Ecology and Management of the Wood Duck
This important book--carefully written, edited, and designed to be of interest to anyone intrigued with waterfowl generally or wood ducks specifically--is the product of nearly a half century of devoted study by Dr. Bellrose and nearly a ...
Frank Chapman Bellrose, Daniel J. Holm, 1994
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The Little Wood Duck
The animals by the lake make fun of little Wood Duck for swimming in circles, but his uniqueness proves to be useful.
‎2007
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The Wood Duck (Aix Sponsa) as a Sentinel of Exposure to and ...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to contribute to science supporting avian risk assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) by studying wood duck (Aix sponsa) exposure and ...
Thomas Paul Augspurger, 2006
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A Guide to Wood Duck Production Habitat Requirements
This guide is intended for those who want to recognize, evaluate, preserve, acquire, or improve habitat for wood duck production.
Frank B. McGilvrey, 1968
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Anatomy of a Waterfowl: For Carvers and Painters
DRAKE (253) Probably no avian specimen has frustrated carvers more than the drake wood duck. It furnishes the first model for more carvers and painters than any other species of bird in existence. Looking at the magnificent plethora of color ...
Frank, Jr., Charles W.
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Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast
The wood duck's taxonomic name, Aix sponsa, can be loosely translated as " waterfowl in wedding dress," and the male of this species is indeed a brilliantly colored, beautiful bird. Shy and retiring, wood ducks inhabit lakes, ponds, marshes, ...
Charles Fergus, 2000
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Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in ...
This is probably only a fragment of the full story of Wood Duck Man and his amorous adventures. Ishi may have chosen to tell it to amuse his friend Watamany as a tale whose motivation would not tax too heavily the language barrier between ...
Theodora Kroeber, 2004
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Bulletin
By E. A. Quarles, Director Department of Came Breeding Wood Duck on Association's Game Farm. The Second Duck is a Female and the Last a Black Duck. tRight and Left Photographs by Courtesy of Dr. Phillips and. ^fR.FORBUSH .thewol'- ...
American Game Protective Association, 1914
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Breathtaking Birds
One of the most beautiful ducks in the world is the wood duck. The magnificent plumage of the male includes a back covered with metallic, iridescent blues and greens, a reddish-brown breast with white spots, and a beautiful, dark green-blue  ...
Buddy Davis, Kay Davis, 2006
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Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America
He chose to tell the story of Wood Duck. Wood Duck decides that he wants a wife, and so he sings his sweet song of seduction, Wino-tay, wino-tay. Suitors flock to him. But Wood Duck is very particular: he turns each away, starting with Skunk ...
Douglas Cazaux Sackman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD DUCK»

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Wood duck on wood, ready to take off, from a log, in the fog
Wood duck on wood, ready for take off, off a log, in the fog, Lismore. Di (Dr Seuss) Lymbury. DI Lymbury had a Dr Seuss moment when sharing this image to our ... «Northern Star, Jul 15»
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Fulda taking pride in its FFA chapter during Wood Duck Festival
FULDA — The Fulda FFA chapter is celebrating its 75th birthday and has become the focus of the community's Wood Duck Festival, which kicks off today. «Worthington Daily Globe, Jun 15»
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Guilford Police Rescue 9 Wood Ducks
Wood Ducks, often referred to in the South as “Summer Ducks,” decided to make an appearance in Guilford this past weekend. Police Sgt. Timothy Bernier and a ... «Patch.com, May 15»
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Wild in the City: Interspecies duck love in Toronto's east end
It was a notable encounter, since wood ducks are so rarely seen in our bay. But there he was one day, the sole member of his kind among scores of mallards, ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
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Bill Marchel: How I got this photo of a baby wood duck
Bill Marchel • Special to the Star Tribune Just a day old, this wood duck prepared to leap from a nesting box. Timing and a bit of luck were needed to get this ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»
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Wood ducks by Wyoming teen selected as 2015-16 junior duck …
A pair of wood ducks painted in acrylic by Wyoming's Andrew Kneeland has been selected as the art for the 2015-16 federal junior duck stamp, according to the ... «PennLive.com, Apr 15»
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Lessons learned from a wood duck
In a bayou flowing past my parents' home in Louisiana, my father built a house for wood ducks and positioned it on an eight-foot pole. From the back porch we ... «Deseret News, Mar 15»
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Road Collapse in Wildewood at Wood Duck & Holliday Road
The intersection of Wood Duck Road and Holliday Road collapsed late Tuesday after an 8 inch water main break in the area. 635501236410010008- ... «WLTX.com, Oct 14»
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Delaware Duck Hunting Season to Open Friday, Oct. 24
Dover, DE -(Ammoland.com)- With Delaware's regular duck season opening Friday, ... black duck; two pintail; one canvasback, three wood ducks; two redheads; ... «AmmoLand.com, Oct 14»
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Wood duck box applications open until Nov. 1
The wood duck is the poster child of ducks in South Carolina, according to S.C. Department of Natural Resources waterfowl biologist Dean Harrigal. The colorful ... «Charleston Post Courier, Oct 14»

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