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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral…

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Etymology

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Distribution and habitat

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Duck

Nodes136
Edges135
Triples189
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014706
Components1

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Duck

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related to Hunting · 24
Duck → Archeological, Because, BP, California, Caribbean, Chatham, China, Ducks, Egypt, Excavations, Finsch's, Holocene, Humans, In, It, Māori, Neolithic, New Zealand, Ohio River, PCBs
related to Cultural references · 23
Duck → Anaheim, Anaheim Ducks, Daffy Duck, Disney, Emilio Estevez, Hertfordshire, Howard, If, In, LaughLab, Long Island Ducks, Mighty Ducks, National Hockey League, Of, Oregon, Richard Wiseman, The, The Mighty Ducks, This, UK
related to Communication · 16
Duck → Acoustics Research Centre, American, Anas, British Association's Festival, Calls, Discovery Channel, Female, For, In, It, MythBusters, Pacific, Salford, Science, This, University
related to Etymology · 13
Duck → Ancient Greek, Dutch, German, German Ente, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Old English, Other Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit, The, This
related to Taxonomy · 12
Duck → All, Anatidae, Anatinae, Anatini, Anseriformes, Aythyini, In, Mergini, Oxyurini, Some, The, Within
related to Distribution and habitat · 11
Duck → Antarctica, Arctic Northern Hemisphere, Auckland Islands, Australia, Ducks, Galápagos Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia, Several, Some, South Georgia
related to Domestication · 10
Duck → Almost, Anas, Approximately, Cairina, Ducks, Its, Muscovy, The, The Call, They
related to Morphology · 8
Duck → Female, In, Many, New Zealand, Southern, The, This, Three
related to External links · 7
Duck → Archived, Distance, Ducks, Project Gutenberg, Rob Hines, US, Wayback Machine
related to Predators · 6
Duck → Adult, Ducklings, Ducks, European, In, North American

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ducks species also family water tribe may make including generally birds many food several swans geese bill well subfamily diving

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Duckis acommon name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae0.90text
Duckis aworld's smallest domestic duck breed0.90text
the paradise shelduck of New Zealandinstance ofalthough there are exceptions0.80text
which is both strikingly sexually dimorphicinstance ofalthough there are exceptions0.80text
in which the female's plumage is brighter than that of the maleinstance ofalthough there are exceptions0.80text
grassesinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
aquatic plantsinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
fishinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
insectsinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
small amphibiansinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
wormsinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text
and small molluscs.Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on landinstance ofBehaviourFeedingDucks eat food sources0.80text

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