"a young duck," early 15c., from duck (n.1) + -ling. The ugly duckling is from Hans Christian Andersen's tale (1843 in Danish, by 1846 in English).
Duce
duchess
duchy
duck
duck-billed
duckling
ducky
duct
ductile
dud
dude
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