wild duck

collocation in English

meaningsofwildandduck

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wild
adjective
uk
/waɪld/us
/waɪld/
uncontrolled, violent, ...
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duck
noun
uk
/dʌk/us
/dʌk/
a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short neck, and a ...
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(Definition ofwildandduckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I should have thought it advisable to includewildduckwhile in captivity in the definition of "livestock".
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Thirdly, the use of nets for takingwildduckin a duck decoy is illegal except for those already in use.
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The mallard, the commonwildduck, for instance, would be well advised to make its nest some weeks later than it usually does.
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I think it would be a great pity to make thewildduckan exception.
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It is not onlywildduckthat moult.
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I come now to the question of the close season forwildduckand wild geese.
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I do not think the argument about disturbing breeding will be a serious argument in the case ofwildduck.
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Are the eggs of awildducklivestock?
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At the present time the numbers ofwildduckbreeding in this country, with the possible exception of one or two kinds, are actually increasing.
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It is to prevent the gradual extinction ofwildduckand wild geese, which is imminent owing to the commercialisation of their species.
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I also wish to mention thewildduckor mallard.
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I look upon that process as the most profitable and fruitful way of extending and increasingwildduckin this country.
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Those words come very strangely at that point in view of the earlier reference to: "wild goose orwildduck".
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The provision is that nothing shall make unlawful: "the taking by an unauthorised person of any wild goose orwildduck".
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I should like to make one comment about authorised persons, the people who are to be allowed to sellwildduckeggs.
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Wildduckin this country are prolific and are not affected by it.
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The name was given by the cedar cutters because of the abundance ofwildduckon the upper tidal reaches of the creek.
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Instructions given in the score include, for some passages, like a pigeon and like awildduck.
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The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word meaningwildduck.
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Aqua fauna noted in the lake have been listed aswildduck, goose and many other species.
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