单词 | pied duck |
释义 | > as lemmaspied duck pied duck n. = Labrador duck n. at Labrador n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria labradoria (pied duck (extinct)) pied duck1637 pie-duck1813 skunkhead1843 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. iv. 68 Ducks, there are of three kindes, pide Ducks, gray Ducks, and black Ducks in greate abundance. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 559 (heading) Pied and buffel duck. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 119 The extinct ‘Pied Duck’..was black, with white head, neck, chest [etc.]. 1990 CD-ROM Librarian (Nexis) Nov. 32 The others, the Carolina parrot, passenger pigeon, pied duck, and great auk, have color plates but no call. < as lemmas |
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