gray duck

gray duck
noun
: any of various ducks having more or less gray plumage: as
a. : gadwall
b. : the female mallard
c. : pintail 1
d. : the black duck (Anas superciliosa) of Australia and New Zealand

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any of several ducks in which certain immature or female plumages are predominantly gray, as the gadwall and the pintail.
[1880-85]

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gray duck,
any one of certain ducks whose young or females have grayish feathers, such as the gadwalls and pintails.

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