| 单词 | summer duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer duck summer duck n. the wood duck, Aix sponsa, northern populations of which breed in the northern United States and southern Canada, and winter in the southern United States and northern Mexico. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aex (wood-duck) summer duck1732 wood-duck1777 Carolina duck1784 mandarin duck1797 mandarin1860 1732 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. v. Pl. 97 The Summer Duck..is of a mean size, between the common Wild Duck and Teal. 1855 B. R. Morris Brit. Game Birds & Wildfowl 211 The Summer Duck is a native of North America... It resides the whole year in the Southern States, but is only procured in the Northern during the summer months. 1935 Illustr. London News 8 June 1016 (caption) In the summer-duck (Æx sponsa) the upper parts are mainly glossy green, with purple checks and black neck patches, relieved by white stripes on the face and neck. 2000 C. Fergus Wildlife Pennsylvania 145 Wood Duck... Nicknames include Carolina duck, summer duck, woodie, and squealer. < as lemmas |
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