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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tree duck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
tree -duck
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the birds in the genus Dendrocygna of whistling ducks, which are in the family Anatidae with the ducks, geese and swans, but in their own subfamily.

noun

Synonym of wood duck (Aix sponsa)

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

tree ducks (plural)

Phrases

fulvous tree duck

Synonyms

wood duck

Questions

What does tree duck mean?
Any of the birds in the genus Dendrocygna of whistling ducks, which are in the family Anatidae with the ducks, geese and swans, but in their own subfamily.

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