Duck-legged

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• Duck-legged — a. Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short legged. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• duck-legged — US usually ˈ ̷ ̷|legə̇d, Brit usually gd adjective : having short legs used of a person or animal * * * /duk leg id/ or, esp. Brit., / legd /, adj. having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half crouch that made him look duck legged …   Useful english dictionary

• duck-legged — /duk leg id/ or, esp. Brit., / legd /, adj. having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half crouch that made him look duck legged. [1640 50] * * * …   Universalium

• duck-legged — having short legs, having legs resembling those of a duck …   English contemporary dictionary

• Plumed Whistling Duck — At Australia Zoo Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• does a one-legged duck swim in circles? — (USA) (US Southern) This is a response given to an unnecessary question for which the obvious answer is yes. Example: If you were to ask an Olympic archer whether she could put an arrow in an apple at ten yards, she could answer: Does a one… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• Silver Appleyard Duck — The Silver Appleyard Duck is a breed of domestic duck.[1] Only 128 breeding Silver Appleyard Ducks were reported in a 2000 census of domestic waterfowl in North America. Of five people breeding this variety in North America, only one had a… …   Wikipedia

• whistling duck — any of several long legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries. [1690 1700] * * * ▪ bird also called  Tree Duck        (Dendrocygna), any of eight species of long legged and long necked ducks that… …   Universalium

• bridal duck — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• summer duck — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wood duck — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English