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duck |
Noun
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a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave |
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duck |
Noun
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flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) |
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duck |
Noun
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(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman |
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duck |
Verb
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
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duck |
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to move the head or body quickly downwards or away |
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duck |
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submerge or plunge suddenly |
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duck |
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dip into a liquid |
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duck |
Noun
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a heavy piece of lead used to keep a drafting spline in place |
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drake |
Noun
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adult male of a wild or domestic duck |
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dasyurid marsupial |
Noun
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small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania |
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dasyurid |
Noun
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small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania |
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dasyure |
Noun
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any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens |
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duckbilled platypus |
Noun
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small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet |
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duck-billed platypus |
Noun
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small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet |
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duck down |
Noun
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down of the duck |
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doe |
Noun
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mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' |
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down feather |
Noun
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soft fine feathers |
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dew worm |
Noun
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terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
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decapod |
Noun
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cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones |
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decapod |
Noun
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crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax |
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decapod crustacean |
Noun
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crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax |
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dibranchiate |
Noun
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cephalopods having two gills |
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dibranchiate mollusk |
Noun
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cephalopods having two gills |
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dibranch |
Noun
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cephalopods having two gills |
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daphnia |
Noun
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minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell |
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dotterel |
Noun
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rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia |
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dotrel |
Noun
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rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia |
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dowitcher |
Noun
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shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
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dunlin |
Noun
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small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
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dabchick |
Noun
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small European grebe |
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dovekie |
Noun
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small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions |
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dolphin |
Noun
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any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout |
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dolphin |
Noun
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large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) |
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diving petrel |
Noun
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any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas |
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diver |
Noun
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large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back |
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diver |
Noun
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someone who dives (into water) |
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diver |
Noun
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someone who works underwater |
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dugong |
Noun
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sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia |
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dachshund |
Noun
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small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears |
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dachsie |
Noun
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small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears |
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dog |
Noun
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a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times |
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dog |
Noun
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metal supports for logs in a fireplace |
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dog |
Noun
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a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward |
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dog |
Noun
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a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked |
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dog |
Noun
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someone who is morally reprehensible |
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dog |
Noun
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informal term for a man |
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dog |
Noun
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a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman |
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dog |
Verb
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go after with the intent to catch |
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deerhound |
Noun
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very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer |
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domestic dog |
Noun
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a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times |