canvasback
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- noun
- /ˈkænvəsˌbæk/
- US
:
pato de cabeza roja
- During the winter, canvasbacks can often be seen swimming in the icy waters of the northern lakes.
- canvasback season
- canvasback populations
Examples
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Our table stood in sand, and our canvasback chairs sank into four different tilts.
Fiction book (1991) -
Can you tell a canvasback from a widgeon from the way it turns in the air, from how it feeds?
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And I did see my first flock of canvasbacks last weekend.
Blog text (10) -
Killed some bluebills and canvasbacks yesterday.
Blog text (10) -
Canvasback!
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Canvasback!
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Widgeons, canvasbacks, Donalds, Daffys, all ducks, I know them.
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He came back on the porch to study Daddy's red-headed canvasbacks, which he used to carry on hunting and drinking trips to the coastal sounds.
Fiction book (2002) -
Many hunters prefer to target the canvasback due to its delicious meat and impressive size.
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In the wetlands of North America, the canvasback is easily recognized by its distinctive reddish head.
Synonyms
A large wild North American duck with a sloping profile and red head prized by hunters for its meat
A large North American wild duck called the canvasback with a reddish head and a long sloping beak
Compounds
A large wild North American duck with a sloping profile and red head prized by hunters for its meat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Canvasback probably comes from canvas, a strong 'cloth', because hunters thought the duck's pale back looked like old canvas. So the name points to the bird's back and helps you remember that canvasback is a kind of duck.