What (who) is duck - definition
COMMON NAME FOR MANY SPECIES IN THE BIRD FAMILY ANATIDAE
Quacked; Ducklings; Duckies; Duck's quack; DUCK; Quack (sound); Quacking; Duckling; Ducks; 🦆
![Pecten]] along the bill](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duck 1 filter teeth edit.jpg?width=200 "Pecten]] along the bill")
![UK]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Female Mallard at Menacuddle Well.jpg?width=200 "UK]].")
![[[Flying steamer ducks]] in [[Ushuaia]], Argentina](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Last day in Ushuaia, Argentina.Flying Steamer-Ducks (Tachyeres patachonicus) in various artistic settings.Harbour silhouettes. (25921897721).jpg?width=200 "[[Flying steamer ducks]] in [[Ushuaia]], Argentina")
![[[Mallard]] landing in approach](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mallard drake .02.jpg?width=200 "[[Mallard]] landing in approach")
![Male [[Mandarin duck]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mandarin.duck.arp.jpg?width=200 "Male [[Mandarin duck]]")
![[[Pacific black duck]] displaying the characteristic upending "duck"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pacific Black Ducks on pond ducking.jpg?width=200 "[[Pacific black duck]] displaying the characteristic upending \"duck\"")
![A [[Muscovy duck]]ling](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parrulo -Muscovy duckling.jpg?width=200 "A [[Muscovy duck]]ling")
![[[Ringed teal]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ringedteal.PNG?width=200 "[[Ringed teal]]")
![[[Indian Runner duck]]s, a common breed of domestic ducks](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tunnel of ducks.jpg?width=200 "[[Indian Runner duck]]s, a common breed of domestic ducks")
duck
The extra treat for those who sit through the entire showing of credits at the end of a movie, the first notable example of which followed the movie Young Doctors In Love where the duck which had been seen sporadically throughout the movie made its final appearance.
The duck at the end of A Bug's Life showing out-takes of the film's making was hilarious.
The duck at the end of A Bug's Life showing out-takes of the film's making was hilarious.
duck
I. v. a.
Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.
II. v. n.
1.
Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one's self.
2.
Bow, cringe, dodge (downward).
duck
I
n.
1) duck s quack; waddle
2) a young duck is a duckling
3) a male duck is a drake
4) (misc.) to take to like a duck takes to water ('to adapt to smt. quickly and easily')
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to move quickly') to duck into (we ducked into the nearest building)
2) (d; intr.) to duck out of ('to evade') (to duck out of an obligation)
Wikipedia
Duck
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species), since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.
Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules and coots.
Pronunciation examples for duck
1. is duck, cell-based duck, duck.
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2. Duck.
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3. duck.
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4. The live duck mounted the dead duck,
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5. and duck breast, and duck legs.
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Examples of use of duck
1. But if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it‘s probably a duck.
2. Sometimes, in science, it is best to follow the duck principle: if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
3. Inside, visitors can purchase duck memorabilia (called duck–a–bilia), obtain travel and tourism information, and perhaps learn a little about the legacy of the Long Island duck.
4. By Adar Primor If it walks, quacks and looks like duck, it must be a duck.
5. "He‘s a lame duck but he‘s rather a vigorous lame duck with a bite," he said.