| 单词 | raft duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraft duck raft duck n. chiefly U.S. any of several ducks which gather in large flocks on water; esp. a scaup or other member of the genus Aythya. 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 1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 302 Scaup Duck..is known in Georgia, and called by some the Raft Duck. [Note] But the Raft Duck, truly so called, is another species. 1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 352 Raft Duck (Anas fuligula). 1951 Amer. Speech 26 91 Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson wrote..in 1891 from Punta Gorda, Florida, that lesser scaups were there called raft ducks. 1975 P. A. Johnsgard Waterfowl N. Amer. II. 347 The ‘rafting’ behaviour of migrant and wintering scaup is well known and indicated by their vernacular names—‘raft duck’, ‘flock duck’, and ‘troop duck’. < as lemmas |
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