dab·bling duck

(dăb′lĭng)

Any of various ducks, chiefly of the genus Anas, including the mallards, teals, and shovelers, that feed by dabbling in shallow water and are favored as game birds.

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dab′bling duck′

any shallow-water duck, esp. of the genus Anas, that feeds by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).

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dabbling duck - any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

dabbler

duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

diving duck - any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food

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