单词 | butter-back |
释义 | > as lemmasbutter-back ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) spirit1747 Baikal or Japanese teal1785 butter-back1791 parera1835 geelbek1867 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.]. < as lemmas |
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