The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AQUATIC
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More clues leading to the result AQUATIC
- A quantity of liquid runs out, I see, like water?
- Like swimming from a short wharf? That’s correct, mostly
- Like a duck it rises, cutting a duck’s cry short
- A queen has short moment as a fish?
- Acquit a drunk, now living on water
- A qualified university algologist tended only the tips attached to one cold water plant
- Living on water, heavy drinkershave the odd twitch!
- A question on a mark left incomplete and relating to water
- “All wet,” as in “a jerk”
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The straight part
We know that "Like a duck" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like a duck = aquatic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AQUATIC mean?
AQUATIC noun- Any aquatic plant.
- Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.