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DUCK DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does duck down mean? 

DUCK DOWN (noun)
  The noun DUCK DOWN has 1 sense:

1. down of the duckplay

  Familiarity information: DUCK DOWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DUCK DOWN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Down of the duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("duck down" is a kind of...):

down; down feather (soft fine feathers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duck down"):

eiderdown (down of the eider duck)

Holonyms ("duck down" is a part of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)


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