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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decoy
▶noun /ˈdiːkɔɪ/
- 1 a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used to lure game.
- 2 a person or thing used to mislead or lure someone into a trap.
- 3 a pond from which narrow netted channels lead, into which wild duck may be enticed for capture.
– origin C16 (earlier as coy): from Du. de kooi ‘the decoy’, from MDu. de kouw ‘the cage’, from L. cavea ‘cage’.
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