| 单词 | grey duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey duck grey duck n. any of several ducks of a greyish colour; esp. the gadwall, Anas strepera, or (in New Zealand) the Pacific black duck, A. superciliosa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas strepera (gadwall) radge1620 gadwall1666 grey1673 rodge1678 Welsh drake1844 speckle-belly1874 grey duck1885 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. iv. 68 Ducks, there are of three kindes, pide Ducks, gray Ducks, and black Ducks in greate abundance. 1766 tr. F. Hasselquist Voy. & Trav. Levant 210 (heading) The grey Duck. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 157 Gadwall... Grey duck. 1935 N.Z. Free Lance Christmas Ann. 14 Oct. 31 The native grey duck or ‘parera’..is one of the Dominion's finest sporting birds. 1997 D. Sternberg & J. Simpson Duck Hunting 20/1 (caption) Gadwall. The drake has gray-barred side feathers, accounting for the name gray duck. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 56 The crested duck (Anas specularioides specularioides), known locally as the grey duck, is one of the most common ducks in the Falklands. < as lemmas |
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