duck vs ruddy duck

ruddy duck vs duck

duck and ruddy duck both are nouns.

duck is a verb but ruddy duck is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
duck	Yes	No	Yes	No
ruddy duck	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ruddy duck is a hyponym of duck; that is, ruddy 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
ruddy duck: reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

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, pin-tailed duck, pintail, sheldrake, Oxyura jamaicensis, 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)	ruddy duck (noun)
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs	reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
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)	ruddy 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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