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if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck

元となった辞書の項目

if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck

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別表記異形

Alternative form of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

日本語の意味

物の本質は、その見た目や行動から容易に推察できるという意味。 / 見た目や行動が似たものであれば、そのものは本来あるべき性質を持っていると判断できるという考え方。

意味（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

if it looks like a duck

（ canonical ）

swims like a duck

（ canonical ）

and quacks like a duck

（ canonical ）

then it's probably a duck

（ canonical ）