"Doucker" is a word in ENGLISH
A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye,
pochard, scoter, and other ducks.
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Little Tommy's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station. There they saw pictures tacked to a big bulletin board. The label clearly read, "The 10 Most Wanted."One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person."Yes," said the policeman, "the detectives want him very badly."So Little Tommy asked, while tugging on the man's belt, "Um, mister, why didn't you keep them when you took their pictures?"
A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as …
Read the complete definitionA species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
Read the complete definitionA small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, …
Read the complete definitionA small grebe; the dabchick.
Read the complete definitionA South American bird (heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of …
Read the complete definitionHaving lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
Read the complete definitionSemipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.
Read the complete definitionOne of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern …
Read the complete definitionSee Grebe.
Read the complete definitionA division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.
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