a European lake-dwelling duck, Aythya fuligula, the male of which has a black plumage with white underparts and a long black drooping crest
tufted duck in American English
noun
an Old World wild duck, Aythya fuligula, having a tufted head and black and white plumage
Word origin
[1760–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, icing, plunk, right of way, sounding board
Examples of 'tufted duck' in a sentence
tufted duck
The tufted duck is our commonest breeding duck after the mallard.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Out on lakes, tufted duck courtship is also going on.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Here were ten different species: mallard, gadwall, teal, shoveller, tufted duck, wigeon, pochard, pintail, shelduck, and a lone goldeneye.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If you see a duck with ducklings swimming close to it at present, it is most likely to be a tufted duck.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is the tufted duck.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The dawn chorus heard during a mere four pages includes dipper, siskin, whimbrel, jackdaw, plover, tufted duck, lapwing, magpie and starling.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
The female is brown and like a tufted duck, but she has a broad white band across the base of her beak.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The osprey retired to a tree before trying another raid, only to be seen off by a tufted duck.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Perhaps as food they have helped tufted ducks to become such a common species.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tufted ducks on the lakes are at present more animated than usual.