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ruddy duck

A North American duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) having stiff pointed tail feathers and, in the male, brownish-red upper plumage and a black-and-white head. Also called sprigtail.

ruddy duck

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, that inhabits marshes, ponds, etc., in North America and N South America and has a stiff upright tail. The male has a reddish-brown body and blue bill in the breeding season

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ruddy duck - reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

Oxyura jamaicensis

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

genus Oxyura, Oxyura - ruddy duck

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Anatidae duck family Anatidae fowl genus Oxyura Oxyura Oxyura jamaicensis Sleepy duck sprigtail Stifftail Tough-head Water partridge			A spokeswoman for North Tyneside Council said: "There are a small number of North American ruddy ducks at Swallow pond, Rising Sun country park. US invaders send our mallards ducking for cover; Feathered friends ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The story goes back to Sir Peter Scott, the great conservationist, who introduced three pairs of ruddy ducks to his Slimbridge reserve in Gloucestershire more than 50 years ago. Specieswatch: Ruddy duck by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk North Lanarkshire Council have granted permission for a cull of ruddy ducks at two lochs in Coatbridge. Fight plea on ruddy duck cull by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Rudbeckia laciniata Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia Rudbeckia serotina rudd rudder rudder blade Rudder chain Rudder coat Rudder fish Rudder pendants rudder-like rudderfish rudderhead Rudderhole rudderless rudderpost rudderstock Ruddied Ruddily ruddiness ruddle ruddles ruddock ruddy ruddy duck ruddy ducks Ruddy plover ruddy turnstone rude rude awakening rudely rudeness Rudenture ruderal Ruderary Rudesby Rudesheimer rudiment Rudimental rudimentary rudiments rudish Rudistes Rudity Rudmasday Rudolf Rudolf Bultmann Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel Rudolf Diesel Rudolf Hess Rudolf I			Rudders Rudders rudderstock rudderstock Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation Ruddied Ruddied ruddier ruddier ruddies ruddies ruddiest ruddiest Ruddigore ruddily ruddily ruddiness ruddiness Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum ruddle ruddle ruddle ruddled ruddles ruddling ruddock ruddy ruddy ruddy cyanosis ruddy duck ruddy ducks Ruddy plover Ruddy Sheldrake Ruddy Shelduck ruddy turnstone ruddy turnstone Ruddy's reciprocal antagonist facilitation Ruddygore ruddying ruddying rude rude rude rude rude Rude Awakening rude behavior Rude Island Baseball Congregation Rude Mechanical Orchestra Rude people Rude people Rude Pravo Rudé právo rude reproach Rude, Crude and Socially Unacceptable Rude, Francois Rude, François RUDEA Rudel, Julius Rudeltaktik rudely

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