| 单词 | wheat-duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswheat-duck wheat-duck n. the American widgeon, Mareca americana, found in flocks in wheat-fields. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas americana (American widgeon) bald-face1709 bald-pate1813 poacher1888 wheat-duck1888 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 21 He found this species [sc. the American widgeon] in enormous flocks on the wheat~fields, and..it was there called the wheat-duck. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 120 Wheat Duck..is very fond of wild celery. 1980 Hunting Ann. 1981 40/3 A wigeon in one region would be called a baldpate in another area or wheatduck in another. < as lemmas |
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