Drake

[dreɪk]

Definition

(noun.) adult male of a wild or domestic duck.

(noun.) English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).

Edited by Davy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The male of the duck kind.

(n.) The drake fly.

(n.) A dragon.

(n.) A small piece of artillery.

(n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

Editor: Ozzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Male duck.

Inputed by Bess

Definition

n. a dragon: a fiery meteor: a beaked galley or Viking ship of war: an angler's name for species of Ephemera.

n. the male of the duck.—n. Drake′stone a flat stone thrown along the surface of water so as to graze it and then rebound.

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