The Homeric Greek word βασκάς
Word βασκάς
b a s k a ς
Transliteration baskas
Meaning duck
Synonyms φασκάς, νῆττα

Comments
Iliad

Other words that might be of interest
ἅρπη ‘bird of prey’, ἀετός ‘eagle’, ἐλασᾶς ‘bird’, ἱέραξ ‘hawk, falcon’, ἴκμη ‘a plant growing in moist places, duckweed, lemna minor’, κίρκος ‘hawk’, νεοσσός ‘young bird, nestling, chick’, ὄρνεον ‘bird’, θωός ‘bird’, χάν ‘goose’