"when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck" meaning in English

See when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

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  1. Alternative form of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
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