No, the standard collective nouns for ducks are:a brace of ducks (applies to birds, in general)a flock of ducks (applies to birds on the ground, in general)a flight of ducks (applies to birds in the air, in general)a badelynge or badling of ducks (applies to ducks on the ground)a paddling of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)a raft of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)a team of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)a flush of ducksThe noun 'battery' is used as a collective noun for:a battery of barracudasa battery of testsa battery of guns.
For down used in quilts and such? Traditionally it was wild eiders but now it comes from any commercially reared and slaughtered domestic ducks.
Yes it can. Yes it can.
woddle
When he was little, his mom used to call him ducky and so by saying that he has his mom's hope.. In the movie the Mighty Ducks there's a quote that goes, "Quack quack quack quack quack quack, GO DUCKS!!!" Justin was a hockey player as well, so, he might have got it from that. Also, he says Ducks ducks ducks ducks quack quack quack quack slew! Hope this helps! (:
They can be used for food and hunting for entertainment.
decoy
Yes, the plural noun 'flocks' is a standard collective noun for two or more groups of ducks.The collective nouns for ducks are:brace of ducks (applies to birds, in general)flock of ducks (applies to birds on the ground, in general)flight of ducks (applies to birds in the air, in general)flush of ducks (a brood)badelynge or badling of ducks (applies to ducks on the ground)paddling of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)raft of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)team of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)
all the ducks is like ' all the ducks in the world ' but all of the ducks is ' all of the ducks in our farm'
The collective noun for teachers is a faculty of teachers.There are several collective nouns for duck:brace of ducks (applies to birds, in general)flock of ducks (applies to birds on the ground, in general)flight of ducks (applies to birds in the air, in general)badelynge or badlingof ducks (applies to ducks on the ground)paddling of ducks (applies to ducks in the water)raftof ducks (applies to ducks in the water)teamof ducks (applies to ducks in the water)flush of ducks
Because that is how they evolved, and humans named them ducks.
On the lighter side: Look! There goes a guy carrying a giant "D", and he's walking like a duck!Or: Diving ducks, driving ducks, delicious ducks, delirious ducks, desirous ducks, dallying ducks, drowsy ducks, Decibel Ducks (if they are loud?), derby ducks (if they seem to be racing somewhere?), dewy ducks, dry ducks, and I'm sure there are plenty more...