Duck - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: duckMuscovy duck
A duck Cairina moschata larger than the common duck often raised in poultry yards Called also musk duck It is native of tropical America from Mexico to Southern Brazil...
Buffel duck
A small duck Charitonetta albeola the spirit duck or butterball The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers and thus appears large Called also bufflehead...
Decoy duck
A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy hence a person employed to lure others into danger...
Duck billed platypus
same as Duck Mole under Duck...
Sea duck
Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks The scoters eiders old squaw and ruddy duck are examples They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe...
Lame Duck Session
Lame Duck Session, means sitting of an elected Assembly which continues in office during the period between election and the inauguration of a succession, Webster's American Dictionary, p. 734.Is an ineffective, helpless or disable session, Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Jess Stein and Laurence Urdang, p. 803.In India this type of session was held during 1957 to 1962 when the elections to the new Lok Sabha had been held but new Lok Sabha had not been duly constituted, to pass the vote on account, these were known as 'Lame Duck' Session, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn. 2001, p. 424...
duck billed
having a beak resembling that of a duck...
Ducking
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Duck legged
Having short legs like a waddling duck short legged...
Ducks bill
Having the form of a ducks bill...
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