| 单词 | painted duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted duck painted duck n. (a) the paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata, of New Zealand; †(b) the mandarin duck, Aix galericulata (obsolete rare); †(c) the harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (obsolete rare).Senses (b) and (c) are apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. v. 97 The largest are as big as a Muscovy duck, with a very beautiful variegated plumage, on which account we called it the Painted duck. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Duck Painted duck, (a) The Chinese mandarin-duck, Aix galericulata. (b) The harlequin. (Hudson's bay). 1930 W. R. B. Oliver New Zealand Birds 212 Paradise Duck... This fine species was discovered at Dusky Sound in 1773 during Cook's second voyage. Cook called it the Painted Duck. 1990 S. Marchant & P. J. Higgins Handbk. Austral., New Zealand & Antarctic Birds I. 1202 Tadorna variegata Paradise Shelduck... Other English names: Rangitata goose, painted duck. < as lemmas |
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