DRAKE


Meaning of DRAKE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

ducks and drakes

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bill of drake blackish, of duck greyish.

Black head and neck separate drake from similarly patterned drake Pochard.

Crested drake has strikingly variegated plumage, with conspicuous orange-chestnut wing-fans and side-whiskers.

Mainly silent, but drake has low descending whistle, ending in a trill: and duck a harsh croak.

Many duck species are polygamous, with the drakes having no role in rearing the families.

Plumage of drakes predominantly black, of ducks mainly brown; tail short, pointed.

The drake is smart rather than spectacular in appearance.

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