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drake

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪ̯k/

The English word “drake” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A male duck (bird).
  2. dragon
  3. lesser draconic creature
  4. beaked galley, or Viking warship
  5. small piece of artillery
  6. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
  7. mayfly
  8. a mayfly used as fishing bait

Etymology

From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

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