pato

Definitions of pato
  1. noun
    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
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    pato macho
    adult male of a wild or domestic duck
    anadón
    young duck
    ánade real
    wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
    pato silbón, silbón
    freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
    pato cuchara
    freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
    tadorna
    Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
    porrón
    heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
    pato mandarín
    showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
    cerceta, zarceta
    common teal of Eurasia and North America
    cerceta aliazul
    American teal
    tarro
    female sheldrake
    eider
    duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
    type of:
    anseriforme
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
  2. noun
    adult male of a wild or domestic duck
    synonyms: pato macho
  3. noun
    flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
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