| 单词 | penguin duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenguin duck penguin duck n. a domesticated duck of a breed having the legs placed far back on the body, producing a nearly upright stance; (now) esp. a runner duck. ΘΚΠ 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 1850 J. J. Nolan Ornamental, Aquatic, & Domest. Fowl 160 The Penguin Duck has been imported from Bombay, and is the domestic duck of that country. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xi. 275 The ducks..are largely consumed by the crews of the rice ships, by whom they are called Baly-soldiers, but are more generally known elsewhere as penguin-ducks. 1924 J. H. Robinson Growing of Ducks & Geese vi. 120 The claim of an Indian origin for the Penguin Duck..appears to rest entirely on the bare statement of Nolan, who in all probability had nothing but hearsay for his authority. 1999 Ducks in a canal? in sci.agriculture.poultry (Usenet newsgroup) 24 June I have 4 fawn runner ducklings (also called penguin ducks). < as lemmas |
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