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a fluffy con artist that imprints on the first thing it sees, even your boots
means A baby duck, especially a young one still covered in soft down.
from A plain English diminutive: "duck" plus the suffix "-ling," which marks something small or young — the same "-ling" you hear in "gosling," "nestling," and "yearling." "Duck" itself comes from Old English "duce," thought to mean "diver" or "the ducking one," related to the verb sense of ducking down — fittingly named for a bird that plunges its head underwater to feed.
- instant loyalty
- Imprints on the first moving thing within hours
- waterproof later
- Babies lack oil and can drown if soaked
- abstract minds
- Can grasp same versus different concepts
- running start
- Walk and swim within a day of hatching
- the slander
- The ugly duckling was actually a swan
pekin duck — white domestic duck breed originating from china, most common meat duck in north america
make way for ducklings — bronze statue in boston public garden since 1941, depicts mother duck with 8 ducklings
ugly duckling — hans christian andersen fairy tale from 1843 about a cygnet raised by ducks