This word replaced Old English ened/ ænid 'duck', possibly to avoid confusion with other words, such as ende 'end' with similar forms. Pacific black duck displaying the characteristic upending "duck" The word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb * dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'to dive'. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.ĭucks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules and coots. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species), since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. For other uses, see Duckling (disambiguation).ĭuck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.
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