"if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck" meaning in All languages combined

See if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck on Wiktionary

Phrase [Anglais]

  1. Si ça ressemble à un canard, si ça nage comme un canard et si ça cancane comme un canard, c’est qu’il s’agit sans doute d’un canard.
    Sense id: fr-if_it_looks_like_a_duck,_swims_like_a_duck,_and_quacks_like_a_duck,_then_it_probably_is_a_duck-en-phrase-rRzMLp4r Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Locutions-phrases en anglais, Anglais

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