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/dʌk/

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Translation

A water bird with a flat beak and webbed feet that likes to swim.

Word origin

From Old English duce, meaning a diver, from the way the bird dives in water.

Origin
Old English
Root
duce

Grammar

Gender
Pluralducks

Examples

pond.

"Duck" is one water bird.

swimming .

"Ducks" is the plural, meaning more than one duck.

.

Here "duck" is the bird being fed.

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This word is part of lesson 36.