Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DUCK'-MEAT, or DUCK'S'-MEAT
DUCK'-MEAT, or DUCK'S'-MEAT, n.
The popular name of several species of Lamna, plants growing in ditches and shallow water, and serving for food for ducks and geese. The starry duck's-meat is a species of Callitriche. – Fam. of Plants.
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