Found 2 hits - Term: duck hawk, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peregrine \per"egrine\ pe^r"-egri^n; 277, a. l.
peregrinus. see pilgrim.
foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
spelt also pelegrine. "peregrine and preternatural heat."
--bacon.
1913 webster
peregrine falcon zool., a courageous and swift falcon
falco peregrinus, remarkable for its wide distribution
over all the continents. the adult plumage is dark bluish
ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
white beneath, barred with black below the throat. called
also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and
great-footed hawk.
1913 webster
see also:
pilgrim pelegrine peregrine falcon falco peregrinus peregrine hawk duck hawk
game hawk great-footed hawk
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
duck \duck\, n. oe. duke, doke. see duck, v. t.
1. zool. any bird of the subfamily anatinae, family
anatidae.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
2. a sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
1913 webster
here be, without duck or nod,
other trippings to be trod. --milton.
1913 webster
bombay duck zool., a fish. see bummalo.
buffel duck, spirit duck. see buffel duck.
duck ant zool., a species of white ant in jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
duck barnacle. zool. see goose barnacle.
duck hawk. zool.
a in the united states: the peregrine falcon.
b in england: the marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
duck mole zool., 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.
1913 webster
see also:
duck anatinae anatidae river ducks sea ducks anas boschas
aix sponsa dendronessa galeriliculata cairina moschata bombay duck bummalo
buffel duck spirit duck duck ant duck barnacle goose barnacle
duck hawk duck mole ornithorhynchus anatinus duckbill platypus
mallangong mullingong tambreet water mole to make ducks and drakes
to play at ducks and drakes lame duck lame
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Duck, definition of term: Duck
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Hawk, definition of term: Hawk
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Duck Soup, definition of term: Duck Soup
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Fen Duck, definition of term: Fen Duck
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Dabbling Duck, definition of term: Dabbling Duck
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Black Hawk, definition of term: Black Hawk
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Bombay Duck, definition of term: Bombay Duck
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Chicken Hawk, definition of term: Chicken Hawk
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Bee Hawk, definition of term: Bee Hawk
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