| 单词 | rudder bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrudder bird rudder bird n. chiefly U.S. = rudder duck n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 797 Rudder-bird or -duck, a name for Erismatura rubida, one of the Spiny-tailed Ducks. 1909 S. C. Schmucker Stud. of Nature xii. 163 Such Rudder-birds as the ducks, whose tails are almost lacking, have little power to suddenly alter the direction of their flight. 1954 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 30 Nov. 7/3 Utah—muskrat duck, rudder bird and rudder duck. < as lemmas |
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