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单词 butter-back
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butter-back
butter-back n. U.S. Obsolete the bufflehead duck, Bucephala albeola, which acquires a layer of fat in the autumn.Cf. butter-duck n., butterball n. 2a, butterbox n. 3.
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1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina ii. x. 295 A[nas] minor picta; the little black and white duck called butterback.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 213 Little black and white duck, called Butter Back (Anas minor picta).
1925 J. C. Phillips Nat. Hist. Ducks III. 334 Vernacular Names. English: Buffle-head, Butter-ball, Butter Duck, Butter-back, Butter-box, [etc.].
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