Gray duck

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(Zool.)

the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.

See also: Gray

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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This place has both the strange (UO rawhide dog treats) and the familiar (gray Duck T-shirts); the cool (retro Oregon can holders) and the mundane (Oregon window stickers).

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As I looked back at the dirt mound where I stood while shooting, I realized I had just bagged my dream gray duck from a distance of 80 yards.

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Identify this duck: Otherwise known as the gray duck, this fairly large duck features a rectangular white patch on its wing speculum.

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The nature park is home to gray ducks, teal-whistle, teal-cracker, shirokonoski, the most common red-headed and crested dives.

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All the white and brown and gray ducks flapped and flapped their wings.

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Normally, gray ducks respond best to a lower-pitched series of quacks, almost impossible to duplicate with a Faulk's single-reed.

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I only heard the Boyds refer to these birds as gadwalls, but in some areas, especially around Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee, they are most often referred to as "gray ducks." While a gadwall might not have the sheen of a greenhead in full plumage, they are handsome nonetheless.

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All of our guns barked in an instant, and three handsome gray ducks stayed behind.