Etymologies
- From the Disney character Scrooge McDuck, the rich, miserly uncle of Donald Duck. Named in reference to Dickens's miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. (Wiktionary)
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Duck!
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, or quacks like a duck, then you should probably list it here.
duck, Duck, turducken, duckling, duck tape, Mallard, rubber duckie, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, lame duck, ducky, ducks and 95 more...
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•Open List: Flights of Fancy
Fictitious birds. Thanks to PossibleUnderscore for the idea! (Please add a brief description under "Comments" if the creature isn't well-known.)
phoenix, quetzalcoatl, thunderbird, roc, snipe, Roly-Poly Bird, ba, griffin, sphinx, Foghorn Leghorn, Heckle and Jeckle, firebird and 166 more...
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Uncle! Uncle!
Uncles, words or phrases with the letters u-n-c-l-e (in that order), and anything avuncular.
uncle, avuncular, Uncle Sam, The Man From U.N...., peduncle, avunculus, say uncle, avunculate, avunculism, patruus, avunculocal, nuncle and 22 more...
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