资料来源 : 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