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  • 1duck — duck1 S3 [dʌk] n [: Old English; Origin: duce] 1.) a very common water bird with short legs and a wide beak, used for its meat, eggs, and soft feathers 2.) a female duck →↑drake 3.) [U] the meat of a duck used as food …

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  • 2duck — 1 noun 1 BIRD (C) a very common water bird with short legs and a wide beak that is used for its meat, eggs, and soft feathers 2 FEMALE BIRD (C) a female duck 3 MEAT (U) the meat of this bird used as food: roast duck with orange sauce 4 take to… …

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  • 3duck — [dʌk] noun I 1) [C] a water bird with short legs and a large flat beak 2) [U] the meat of a duck II verb duck [dʌk] 1) [I/T] to lower your head and body quickly, in order to move under something or to avoid being hit He ducked to avoid the… …

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  • 4List of Sonic the Hedgehog comic book characters — This article lists the fictional characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. Contents 1 Cast creation and influence 2 Main characters 2.1 Antoine D Coolette 2.2 …

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  • 5water — 1 noun (U) 1 LIQUID a) the clear colourless liquid that falls as rain, fills lakes and rivers, and is necessary for life to exist: This reservoir supplies the whole city with water. | The prisoners were given only bread and water. |… …

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