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Definition of Black duck
1. Noun. A dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Duck
Literary usage of Black duck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"So closely resembling the mallard in habits that an account of them need not be
repeated here, the black duck is not so common in the interior nor in the ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"ALEXANDER WETMORE, Biological Survey, Washington, DC On the Nesting of the Black
Duck in Ohio.— In regard to the article in the last number of 'The Auk' ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1901)
"THE black duck IN KANSAS. BY R. MATTHEWS, WICHITA. ... I have left with Mr.
BB Smyth, curator of the Academy, a skin of the black duck, Anas obscura (Gmel. ..."
4. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"Common or local names: Dusky Duck; Summer black duck; Spring black duck; Length.
— 22 to 25 inches. Black Mallard. Adult. — Top of head blackish; ..."
5. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Though not literally a black Duck, this bird appears so much darker in life ...
The gullet and gizzard of a black duck shot by EH Eaton were found by him to ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Brer Fox en de Ole black duck. r«s among the animal tribes, and in the improvisation
ly the ... He drug de black duck to his den, Whar he hab young uns, ..."
7. Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis (1882)
"... duck—black duck—Wood-duck—Snipe—Flight-shooting—Stewart' a Slough—Bitterns —
Eagles—Hawks—Horned owls—Woodpeckers— Blue-jays—Canaries—The canary that ..."
8. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"So closely resembling the mallard in habits that an account of them need not be
repeated here, the black duck is not so common in the interior nor in the ..."
9. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"ALEXANDER WETMORE, Biological Survey, Washington, DC On the Nesting of the Black
Duck in Ohio.— In regard to the article in the last number of 'The Auk' ..."
10. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1901)
"THE black duck IN KANSAS. BY R. MATTHEWS, WICHITA. ... I have left with Mr.
BB Smyth, curator of the Academy, a skin of the black duck, Anas obscura (Gmel. ..."
11. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"Common or local names: Dusky Duck; Summer black duck; Spring black duck; Length.
— 22 to 25 inches. Black Mallard. Adult. — Top of head blackish; ..."
12. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Though not literally a black Duck, this bird appears so much darker in life ...
The gullet and gizzard of a black duck shot by EH Eaton were found by him to ..."
13. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Brer Fox en de Ole black duck. r«s among the animal tribes, and in the improvisation
ly the ... He drug de black duck to his den, Whar he hab young uns, ..."
14. Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis (1882)
"... duck—black duck—Wood-duck—Snipe—Flight-shooting—Stewart' a Slough—Bitterns —
Eagles—Hawks—Horned owls—Woodpeckers— Blue-jays—Canaries—The canary that ..."
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