单词 | parera |
释义 | pareran. New Zealand. The Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa. Also called grey duck (New Zealand). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) spirit1747 Baikal or Japanese teal1785 butter-back1791 parera1835 geelbek1867 1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 57 Parera, or Wild Duck—These birds exactly resemble the common English wild-duck. They are of a fine flavour. 1894 C. W. Richmond Let. 22 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. x. 597 Your Uncle James got a pot-shot at a lot of parera (grey duck) and knocked over seven. 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. 1940 Tales of Pioneer Women (1988) 249 The hunters caught poaka (wild pigs), parera (grey duck), putakitaki (paradise duck), kereru or kuku (pigeon), and hurepo (bittern). 1988 B. Mikaere Te Maiharoa & Promised Land 75 There were putakitaki (paradise ducks), parera (grey ducks), tataa (brown ducks) and whio (blue ducks). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835 |
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