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black duck

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black duck
n.
A common duck (Anas rubripes) of the northeast United States and Canada, characterized by black or dusky brown plumage and often found in saltwater marshes.
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Noun1.black duckblack duck - a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada
Anas rubripes
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Anas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks


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