Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Duck mole}. See under {Duck}.
{Golden mole}. See {Chrysochlore}.
{Mole cricket} (Zo["o]l.), an orthopterous insect of the
genus {Gryllotalpa}, which excavates subterranean
galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those
of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots
of plants. The common European species ({Gryllotalpa
vulgaris}), and the American ({G. borealis}), are the best
known.
{Mole rat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World rodents of the genera {Spalax}, {Georychus}, and
several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and
habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary.
{Mole shrew} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
short-tailed American shrews of the genus {Blarina}, esp.
{B. brevicauda}.
{Water mole}, the duck mole.
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family
{Anatid[ae]}.
Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former
are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood
duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be
trod. --Milton.
{Bombay duck} (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.
{Buffel duck}, or {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.
{Duck ant} (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
which builds large nests in trees.
{Duck barnacle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Goose barnacle}.
{Duck hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
{Duck mole} (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},
{mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.
{To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets