Definitions
adult male of a wild or domestic duck
Word origin
From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.
Used in a sentence
“A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.”
“Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.”
“Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Male duck”5 letters
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