Duckess

Quick meaning: Duckess is a noun meaning (rare) A female duck.

Meaning

(rare) A female duck.

Example Sentences

Harold does not like to shoot little ducks and duckesses himself, but he got some swell camera shots of some of his friends in action.

Three duckesses had fluffy, little broods parading along behind, ready to claim their waterfront real estate as soon as the ice stopped being ice.

And here come Sophie and her four offsprings which we have been unable thus far to segregate into ducks and duckesses. Manchester, the biggest of the lot, makes a specialty of pecking at my shoelaces.

But the thrust that got Eustace in the pin feathers was: “I know why you’re such a model drake,—it’s because your wife is the only duckess in the barnyard.” “Not at all!” he replied. “The principles for which I stand are absolute. They would be the same if there were a hundred duckesses besides Gertrude!”

Word Forms

• duckesses

Synonyms for duckess

Depending on context, synonyms include duck.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ducklet, duckie, duck, ducky, doggess, duckman.

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