| 单词 | winter duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter duck winter duck n. (a) (North American) the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis; (b) the northern pintail, Anas acuta. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas acuta (pintail) sea-widgeon1624 pintail1674 sea pheasant1674 cracker1678 sprigtail1768 winter duck1775 sprig1844 pin-tailed duck1851 pigtailed winder1864 ladybird1885 smeath1888 smee1888 1775 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador 7 Apr. (1792) II. 61 The water being open, I saw many winter-ducks; also one flock of king-ducks. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 360 (heading) Pintail Duck. Sea Pheasant, Cracker, or Winter Duck. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 89 To some at Lake St. Clair and Chicago this is the Winter-Duck..while others at Chicago are more familiar with the New England title Old Squaw. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 128 Pintail. Dafila acuta... Winter Duck; Lady-bird; Long-necked Cracker. 1947 Wilson Bull. 59 151 ‘Winter ducks’ were taken in 12 fathoms (72 feet) of water, rarely at 15 fathoms. 2001 R. Hull Sc. Birds ii. 118 Pintail... Scots Names: Cracker, Sprig Tail, Thin Neck, Winter Duck. < as lemmas |
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