domestic duck

collocation in English

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domestic
adjective
uk
/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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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 ofdomesticandduckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The second is that this amendment defines what is meant by "domesticduck"and"domestic goose", but how about the pigeon and the quail?
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The domestic consumer gets not the slightest attention, not as much as is given to the domestic fowl and thedomesticduck.
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The definition reads that "poultry" means domestic fowls and, among other things, domestic ducks.
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Hedgehogs and some birds, including many breeds of domestic ducks, feed on slugs, often voraciously enough to control their numbers effectively.
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In the present outbreaks, however, asymptomatic domestic ducks can directly introduce the virus, in its highly pathogenic form, to poultry flocks.
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In recent years, the wetlands have also been used for rearing domestic ducks.
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The females of many breeds of domestic ducks are unreliable at sitting their eggs and raising their young.
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Of all species only microorganisms and domestic ducks can tolerate the water and the river's condition is currently a subject of the biological research.
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In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours.
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Domestic ducks are omnivores, eating a variety of animal and plant materials such as aquatic insects, molluscs, worms, small amphibians, waterweed, and grasses.
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