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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood
duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Duckbill \Duck"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Duck mole, under Duck, n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood
duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be
trod. --Milton.
Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Duckbill \Duck"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Duck mole, under Duck, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
duckbill
adj : having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed
dinosaur" [syn: duck-billed]
n 1: primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long
paddle-shaped snout [syn: paddlefish, Polyodon
spathula]
2: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and
Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet;
only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus,
duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus
anatinus]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
duck-bill
n.
(alternative form of en duckbill)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
duckbill
n.
1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
Brazilian flathead)).
5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
duck-bill
n.
(alternative form of en duckbill)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
duckbill
n.
1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
Brazilian flathead)).
5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
duck-bill
n.
(alternative form of en duckbill)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
duckbill
n.
1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
Brazilian flathead)).
5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
duck-bill
n.
(alternative form of en duckbill)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
duckbill
n.
1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
Brazilian flathead)).
5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
منقار البطّ
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
птицечовка
duck-billed platypus
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
ptakopysk
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
[coll.] Schnabeltier [zool.]
Note: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, platypus
see: platypuses, duckbills
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
duck-bill /dˈʌkbˈɪl/
csôrös emlôs
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
1. vücudu kunduza benzeyen, ördek gibi gagası olan ve ayakları perdeli Avustralya'ya mahsus bir hayvan, (zool.)) Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 鸭嘴兽
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