Meaning of Duckling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A young duck.
2. A young female duck.

Equivalents

Examples

“Good night, darling; take⟳ that kiss to your respected mother, and tell⟳ her with my compliments that we can’t afford⟳ to make⟳ ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain⟳ cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like⟳ a perplexed old hen, when her ducklings and drakelings have⟳ unexpectedly taken the water.”

“Referring to Table 1 it will be seen that if a breeding duck produces 40 marketable progeny each year (and in practice this should be achieved) half of which are ducklings and the other half drakelings, and these birds realise⟳ 2s. per lb. live⟳ weight, then that breeding duck would return⟳ approximately £15 10s. over feeding costs for the 12 months.”

“Muscovy ducks with ducklings. This is the most popular breed⟳ for table purposes. They make⟳ weights of up to 5 lb. for ducklings at 13 to 14 weeks, and up to 9 lb. for drakelings at 16 weeks when correctly handled.”

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