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Ducks

LC control no.sh 85039879
LC classificationQL696.A52 Zoology
SF504.7 SF505.63 Culture
Topical headingDucks
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Variant(s)Anatinae
See alsoAnatidae
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Poultry
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Found inBritannica Micro.: v. III, p. 690 (true ducks (subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae))
The Amer. Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000 (poultry: Domestic fowls, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese, raised for meat or eggs)
Web. 3 (poultry: domesticated birds that serve as a source of eggs or meat and that include among commercially important kinds chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese and among kinds chiefly of local interest guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, pheasants, and others)