: a showy American duck (Aix sponsa) which nests in tree cavities and the males of which have a large crest and iridescent plumage varied with green, purple, black, white, and chestnut
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Several species including mallards, wood ducks, and mergansers can be spotted in the city's waterways year-round, according to Birding Around NYC.—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 The town is also a hotspot for wood ducks, arguably the most beautiful of North American ducks, but a relatively scarce resident in Marin.—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025 To see even more wild locals, cruise the Dora Canal, a verdant passage bordered by cypress trees and home to otters, herons, wood ducks, egrets, and more.—Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025 Even saltwater wood ducks saw the flaws: too short-lived, way too jagged.—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wood duck
: a showy American duck which nests in the hollowed-out spaces of trees and the male of which has a large crest on the head and feathers colored with green, black, purple, white, and brown
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