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What (who) is ruddy duck - definition

SPECIES OF BIRD
Oxyura jamaicensis; Erismatura jamaicensis; Erismatura rubida; Ruddy ducks; Ruddy Duck; Oxyura jamaicensis andina
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ruddy duck         
¦ noun a New World duck with a broad bill, naturalized in Britain, the male having mainly deep red-brown plumage and white cheeks. [Oxyura jamaicensis.]
Cotton duck         
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PLAIN WOVEN COTTON FABRIC
Duck (textile); Duck cloth; Duck (fabric); Cotton doek; Cotton-duck
Cotton duck (from , "linen canvas"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more tightly woven than plain canvas.
Duck typing         
STYLE OF DYNAMIC TYPING IN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Duck Typing; DuckTyping; Duck typed; Duck Type; Duck type
Duck typing in computer programming 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 whether an object can be used for a particular purpose. With nominative typing, an object is of a given type if it is declared to be (or if a type's association with the object is inferred through mechanisms such as object inheritance).

Wikipedia

Ruddy duck

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp", and oura, "tail", and jamaicensis is "from Jamaica".

Examples of use of ruddy duck
1. "The RSPB supports the ... eradication of the ruddy duck from the UK," says the organisation‘s website.
2. It is also a criminal offence to sell a grey squirrel, or a ruddy duck, for that matter.
3. A ruddy duck cull has long been called for by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
4. True or False? 2 The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 bans the selling of non–native species such as the grey squirrel, the ruddy duck and knotweed. 3 An order in council of 1''' that renamed the countryside "the natural environment and rural communities coalition" also renamed towns "urban pockets of smoky goodness and happy multiracialityism" and the suburbs "liminal spaces". Article continues 4 Kittens who fail the British cute mark test as laid out by the Standardisation of Protection of Fluffymookiepooks (1''8) Statutory Instrument must be neutered and retrained for public service, catching mice in the Treasury. 5 Energy Information (Dishwashers) Regulations 1''' makes it an offence to sell a dishwasher without a label containing regulated energy information. 6 The Pub Bore (Unasked for Impersonations of Sean Connery provisions) Act 2000 was amended a year later to include on–the–spot fines for carrying on any joke just that bit too long.
5. True or False? 2 The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 bans the selling of non–native species such as the grey squirrel, the ruddy duck and knotweed. 3 An order in council of 1''' that renamed the countryside "the natural environment and rural communities coalition" also renamed towns "urban pockets of smoky goodness and happy multiracialityism" and the suburbs "liminal spaces". 4 Kittens who fail the British cute mark test as laid out by the Standardisation of Protection of Fluffymookiepooks (1''8) Statutory Instrument must be neutered and retrained for public service, catching mice in the Treasury. 5 Energy Information (Dishwashers) Regulations 1''' makes it an offence to sell a dishwasher without a label containing regulated energy information. 6 The Pub Bore (Unasked for Impersonations of Sean Connery provisions) Act 2000 was amended a year later to include on–the–spot fines for carrying on any joke just that bit too long.