duck test

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An alleged duck.

Etymology[edit]

From the expression 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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duck test (plural duck tests)

  1. (epistemology, philosophy) A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.

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