| 单词 | mandarin duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmandarin duck mandarin duck n. a small tree-nesting duck, Aix galericulata, native to eastern Asia and naturalized in Britain, the male of which has showy plumage with an orange ruff. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aex (wood-duck) summer duck1732 wood-duck1777 Carolina duck1784 mandarin duck1797 mandarin1860 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 664/1 [article Anas] The galericulata, or Chinese teal of Edwards, has a hanging crest [etc.]... The English in China give it the name of mandarin duck. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xix. 329 The Yuen-yâng, a teal of splendid plumage, usually called the ‘mandarin-duck’. 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. viii. 190 Perhaps a more interesting..sight was never seen in the Gardens of the Zoological Society..than was to be observed in the aviary which contained this double brood of Mandarin Ducks. 1993 Times 2 Feb. 18/1 Mandarin ducks, introduced from China and Japan, are now living as wild birds in Berkshire and Surrey. < as lemmas |
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