Duckness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being a duck. uncountable

    "According to this way of thinking, one knows what DUCK is because ducks have something in common — their duckness categorized according to how they walk, talk, and so on."

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duckhoodduckhood

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"According to this way of thinking, one knows what DUCK is because ducks have something in common — their duckness categorized according to how they walk, talk, and so on."

Etymology

From duck + -ness.

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