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    drake
    /dreɪk/

    noun

    • 1. a male duck: "a drake mallard"

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  2. DRAKE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of drake in English. drake. noun [ C ] uk / dreɪk / us / dreɪk / Add to word list. a male duck (= water bird) Andyworks/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Names for the male & female of animals. billy goat. bitch. boar. boomer. buck. bullock.

  3. Feb 15, 2024 · noun. ˈdrāk. : a male duck. Examples of drake in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The drake ’s bill is red and white, and its feet are yellow. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024 The drake has a faint whistle and can quack quietly.

  4. Definition of drake noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. Meaning of drake in English. drake. noun [ C ] us / dreɪk / uk / dreɪk / Add to word list Add to word list. a male duck (= water bird) Andyworks/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Names for the male & female of animals. billy goat. bitch. boar. boomer. buck. bullock. cob. doe. drone. ewe. gelding.

  6. 5 meanings: the male of any duck 1. angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly 2. history a small cannon 3. → an obsolete.... Click for more definitions.

  7. Jun 2, 2024 · From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Compare ...

  8. Green Drake,—same as yellow except the wings, which must be from a Mallard's feather dyed a yellowish green. From Project Gutenberg. Draize testdrake fly. Drake definition: a male duck.. See examples of DRAKE used in a sentence.