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Drake

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Drake  (drk), Sir Francis 1540?-1596.
English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577-1580) and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada (1588).

drake 1  (drk)
n.
A male duck.

[Middle English.]

drake 2  (drk)
n.
A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.

[Middle English, dragon, from Old English draca, from West Germanic *drako, from Latin drac; see dragon.]

drake
Noun
the male of a duck [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.DrakeDrake - English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
2.drake - adult male of a wild or domestic duck
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Translations
drake [dreɪk] npato (macho)

drake [dreɪk] ncanard m (mâle)

drake [dreɪk] nErpel m, Enterich m

drake [dreɪk] nmaschio dell'anatra

drake
n drake [dreik]
a male duck. mannetjieseend ذَكَر البَط: عُلْجوم паток kačer andrik der Erpel αρσενική πάπια pato (macho) isapart اردک نر urossorsa canard mâle בָּרוָוז नर बत्तख patak gácsér itik jantan andarsteggur maschio dell'anatra 雄鴨 오리의 수컷 antinas pīļtēviņš itik jantan woerd andrik, andestegg kaczor pato răţoi селезень káčer racman patak ankbonde, anddrake เป็ดตัวผู้ erkek ördek 雄鴨 селезень نر مرغابی vịt đực


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In the meantime the two little ducklings had fallen asleep, and the little drake lay between them, covered up by their wings, to be kept warm under their feathers.
Drake was very complimentary; also Captain and Mrs.
Through them the symbols of the mandarin duck and drake, the one-winged birds, the tree whose boughs are interwoven, are revealed.
 
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