| 单词 | carolina duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCarolina duck Carolina duck n. = summer duck n. at summer n.1 and adj. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aex (wood-duck) summer duck1732 wood-duck1777 Carolina duck1784 mandarin duck1797 mandarin1860 1784 F. Boscawen Let. in C. F. Aspinall-Oglander Admiral's Widow (1942) 115 Many winged families of most respectable size and beautiful feather, especially Carolina ducks, which I judged to be the Summer duck, so rare and beautiful. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 1 Acorn-duck, a name given in some parts of North America to the Carolina or Wood-Duck. 1940 H. F. Witherby et al. Handbk. Brit. Birds III. 282 Wanderers from captivity or semi-captivity of..the Carolina or Wood-Duck,..and other species are frequently reported. < as lemmas |
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