Terms and Definitions

Terms and Definitions

Drake: the male duck. 

External pip: The first crack in an egg during hatching. 

Hen: The female duck, also commonly refereed to as "duck" and the male "drake."

Internal pip: When the duckling punctures the membrane in the egg that separates it from the air cell. 

Raft: a tight group of swimming ducks

Badelynge: A group of ducks on the ground 

 

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