duck vs pin-tailed duck

pin-tailed duck vs duck

duck and pin-tailed duck both are nouns.

duck is a verb but pin-tailed duck is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
duck	Yes	No	Yes	No
pin-tailed duck	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pin-tailed duck is a hyponym of duck; that is, pin-tailed duck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than duck:

duck: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
pin-tailed duck: long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

Other hyponyms of duck include drake, quack-quack, duckling, diving duck, dabbler, dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, mallard, Anas rubripes, black duck, teal, Anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon, Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller, Anas acuta, pintail, sheldrake, Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck, Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler, Aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya ferina, pochard, Aythya americana, redhead, bluebill, broadbill, scaup, scaup duck, wild duck, Aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon, Aix galericulata, mandarin duck, Cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck, sea duck.

duck (noun)	pin-tailed duck (noun)
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs	long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

duck (verb)	pin-tailed duck (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
submerge or plunge suddenly
dip into a liquid

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