From: bowman@montana.com

On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 02:56:03 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    "Duck" was a legal brand-name. Competitors had to come up with a
>    variant.

https://www.duckbrand.com/about

'Duck' is a trademark but came well afterwards. Even 'duct' was a postwar
use of the WWII creation.

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