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queer duck queer duck /kwɪər dʌk/

noun

[Informal] Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group ( kook [Informal, N. American] , odd fellow , odd fish [Informal] , odd man out , queer bird [Informal] , queer duck [Informal] , odd bod [Informal, British] , odd one out )
someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group

genus Cytisus genus Cytisus /ˈdʒiːnəs ˈsaɪtɪsəs/

noun

Large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom ( Cytisus , genus Cytisus )
large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom

Lobachevsky Lobachevsky /ˌloʊbəˈtʃɛfski/

noun

Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856) ( Lobachevsky , Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky , Nikolai Lobachevsky )
Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)

Claude Bernard Claude Bernard /klɔd bɪrˈnɑrd/

noun

French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878) ( Bernard , Claude Bernard )
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)

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