eend

Definitions of eend
  1. noun
    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
    synonyms: bout
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    mannetjeseend, waard, woerd
    adult male of a wild or domestic duck
    eendekuiken, eendje, piel
    young duck
    wintertaling
    any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
    roodkop, tafeleend
    heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
    zee-eend, zeeëend
    large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
    type of:
    zwemvogel
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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