单词 | burrow-duck |
释义 | burrow-duckn. The Sheldrake or Bergander, Anas tadorna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake) sheldrakec1325 bergander1544 skeeling-goose1578 scaledrake1600 burranet1602 sheld-fowl?1606 burrow-duck1678 vulpanser1706 shelduck1707 mountain duck1711 sly-goose1776 Brahminy duck1813 paradise duck1813 red goose1848 stock annet1852 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 363 They are called by some, Burrow-Ducks, because they build in Coney-burroughs. 1710 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 466 The Sheldrake, or Burrough-Duck. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 371/1 Sheldrake..called in different parts of Britain Bargander, St. George's Duck, Burrow Duck, and Burrough Duck, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1678 |
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