| 单词 | half duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf duck half duck n. now chiefly historical any of several small dabbling ducks; esp. a wigeon or teal; cf. half-bird n.Apparently originally so called with reference to the value of such birds (see quots. 1678, 1862), although this would have been related to their smaller size. ΘΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 373 The Ducks and Mallard are called whole fowl; the Wigeons and Teal half fowl, because they are sold for half the price of the other.] 1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds 505 Willughby tells us that in his time the Teal and Wigeon, considered as marketable goods, were classed together as ‘half-fowl’, their value being only half that of the Wild Duck. In the fen counties they are still ranked together as ‘Half Ducks’, and for the same reason. 1903 J. A. Hamilton MS in Red Box 329 Good sport among the half-duck and mussel-duck which abounded at Tudworth. 2013 M. Shrubb Feasting, Fowling & Feathers 83 It was customary to record bags from decoys in dozens, which was how they were sold, counting Mallard as one duck but Wigeon and Teal as ‘half ducks’, confusingly counted as 18 to the ‘dozen’. < as lemmas |
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