duckess

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duckess

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From duck + -ess.

noun duckesses

rare A female duck. 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 Gert
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@misc{duckess_2026,
  title = {duckess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duckess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}