The duck test is a frequently cited colloquial example of abductive reasoning. Its usual expression is: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and...

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programming, duck typing is an application of the duck test—"If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck"—to determine...

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to methods, such as duck typing. Many domains, with a numerical focus, use limit theory, of various sorts, to overcome the duck test necessity with varying...

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Donald Duck universe typically appear with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, but are not related to them. For relatives of Donald and Scrooge, see Duck family...

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The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is a medium-sized gundog bred primarily for hunting. It is often referred to as a "toller". It is the smallest of...

golden duck. The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began. When referring to the Prince of Wales'...

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After multiple production difficulties and mixed response to test screenings, Howard the Duck was released in theaters on August 1, 1986. Upon its release...

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Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck, also known as Gus Visser and His Singing Duck, is a 1925 American short musical comedy film...

Duck (sometimes named Dumbella Duck) is a cartoon character created in 1937 by Al Taliaferro and Ted Osborne. She is a core member of the Disney Duck...

Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs...

is related to the American Duck family through the marriage of Hortense McDuck and Quackmore Duck, Donald and Della Duck's parents, giving both of them...

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Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Styled as an anthropomorphic...

tend to see a bunny during Easter and a bird/duck in October. It may also indicate creativity. A standard test of creativity is to list as many novel uses...

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Switzerland (1951–53). While ambassador to Guatemala, he popularized the term duck test. Amid charges in Guatemala that Patterson was intervening in Guatemala's...

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Duck and Cover is a 1952 American civil defense animated and live action social guidance film that is often characterized as propaganda. It has similar...

information became public in March 2015. A claimed recent application of the duck test resulted in the denial of Blue Shield's tax-exempt status. This was after...

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The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (Chenonetta jubata) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species...