Thesaurus / duck
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For example, research reported in Science magazine found that in the laboratory, the virus either did not replicate or did not spread easily in dogs, pigs, chickens, or ducks.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW—AND DON’T KNOW—ABOUT HUMAN-TO-ANIMAL COVID TRANSMISSIONJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNEThe pathway itself is a bit of a strange duck, because not all neurons that form it respond to the initial fear.
TOWARDS ‘ETERNAL SUNSHINE’? NEW LINKS FOUND BETWEEN MEMORY AND EMOTIONSHELLY FANJULY 28, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Most eggs in the new study passed through a duck within one hour.
POOPING DUCKS CAN SHED THE LIVE EGGS OF FISHCAROLYN WILKEJULY 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe new study shows how water birds, such as ducks, may be part of that spread, she says.
POOPING DUCKS CAN SHED THE LIVE EGGS OF FISHCAROLYN WILKEJULY 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSShallow ponds — called potholes — on the prairie serve as nesting sites for half of the ducks in North America.
SCIENTISTS SAY: PRAIRIEBETHANY BROOKSHIREJULY 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSMigratory ducks could travel dozens or possibly hundreds of kilometers before excreting those eggs, the scientists suggest.
FISH EGGS CAN HATCH AFTER BEING EATEN AND POOPED OUT BY DUCKSCAROLYN WILKEJUNE 29, 2020SCIENCE NEWSIt was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYIt is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEPerhaps it was as well that she allowed such responsibilities to slip past her like water running off the feathers of a duck.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONThen Kip had to duck back into a darkened doorway as Carlson retraced his steps, and got back into his car.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 17, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DUCK
- belly-floped
- careered
- cast
- charged
- dashed
- descended
- dipped
- dropped
- drove
- ducked
- flung
- hurtled
- immerged
- immersed
- jumped
- keeled
- lunged
- lurched
- nose-dived
- pitched
- plummeted
- plunked
- propelled
- rushed
- sank
- shot the works
- sounded
- submerged
- submersed
- swooped
- threw
- threw oneself
- thrust
- took a flyer
- took a header
- toppled
- tore
- tumbled
- went down
- went the limit
- went whole hog
- backfiring
- balking
- blanching
- blenching
- blinking
- caroming
- cringing
- demurring
- dodging
- drawing back
- ducking
- faltering
- flinching
- hesitating
- jerking
- kicking
- pulling back
- quailing
- quaking
- reacting
- rebounding
- reeling
- resiling
- shaking
- shirking
- shrinking
- shuddering
- shying away
- springing
- starting
- stepping back
- sticking
- stickling
- swerving
- trembling
- turning away
- wavering
- wincing
- withdrawing
- backfires
- balks
- blanches
- blenches
- blinks
- caroms
- cringes
- demurs
- dodges
- draws back
- ducks
- falters
- flinches
- hesitates
- jerks
- kicks
- pulls back
- quails
- quakes
- reacts
- rebounds
- reels
- resiles
- shakes
- shies away
- shirks
- shrinks
- shudders
- springs
- starts
- steps back
- stickles
- sticks
- swerves
- trembles
- turns away
- wavers
- winces
- withdraws
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