单词 | mussel duck |
释义 | > as lemmasmussel duck mussel duck n. a duck which feeds on mussels, esp. a scaup. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya marila (scaup) smeath1622 smee1668 scaup-duck1676 bluebill1792 scaup1798 greyback1824 raft duck1824 mussel duck1864 1864 J. C. Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds Mussel Duck... Scaup Duck. Fuligula marila. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 48 The mussel ducks allers lay off the North Beach in the dead of winter. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 29 The bird [sc. the Common Sheld-Duck] is often called the ‘Sheldrake’, irrespective of sex, or ‘Shell-duck’ or ‘Mussel-duck’, from its food. < as lemmas |
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