wild duck / mallard

a surname / any of various places, particularly in Kyoto

(rare) alternative spelling of 家鴨: a domestic duck, Anas platyrhynchos var. domesticus, descended from the mallard

a duck / (slang) (from the way ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt) a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition

“to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle; compare English to make a monkey out of, to shark someone

a northern pintail

wild duck

a king eider

Alternative form of 鴨緑江 (Ōryokukō)

Yalu River (a river on the China-North Korea border)