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drones
(encz) | drones,bezpilotní letouny n: web |
drones
(encz) | drones,hučí v: Zdeněk Brož |
drones
(encz) | drones,trubci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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Dendronessa galericulata
(gcide) | mandarin duck \mandarin duck\ n.
A showy crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata, formerly
Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded
by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.
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Dendronessa galeriliculata
(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 (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.
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Padrones
(gcide) | Padrone \Pa*dro"ne\, n.; pl. It. Padroni, E. Padrones. [It.
See Patron.]
1. A patron; a protector.
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2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
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3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian
laborers, street musicians, etc.
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