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stiff-tailed duck

stiff-tailed duck noun: a duck of the Oxyurinae subfamily.

Noun

stiff-tailed duck (plural stiff-tailed ducks)

  1. A duck of the Oxyurinae subfamily.

Forms of stiff-tailed duck

pluralstiff-tailed ducks

Origin of stiff-tailed duck

From stiff + tailed + duck.

Questions about stiff-tailed duck

What does stiff-tailed duck mean?
Stiff-tailed duck means a duck of the Oxyurinae subfamily.
What part of speech is stiff-tailed duck?
Stiff-tailed duck is a noun.
What is the plural of stiff-tailed duck?
The plural of stiff-tailed duck is stiff-tailed ducks.

Words near stiff-tailed duck in the dictionary

  1. stiff-lipped
  2. stiff-necked
  3. stiff-neckedly
  4. stiff-neckedness
  5. stiff-person syndrome
  6. stiff-tailed duck
  7. stiff-tailed ducks
  8. stiff-upper-lipped
  9. stiff-upper-lippery
  10. stiff-upper-lippy
  11. stiffe

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