单词 | pheasant-duck |
释义 | > as lemmaspheasant-duck pheasant-duck n. U.S. regional (eastern) (a) the pintail, Anas acuta (cf. sea pheasant n. 2); (b) U.S. a merganser. ΚΠ 1815 Trans. N.Y. Lit. & Philos. Soc. 1 134 Latham says, that the American widgeon, (anas Americana,) or pheasant duck, as it is called at New-York, has been domesticated. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 74 At Morehead, N.C., [the hooded merganser is called] pheasant duck, and more commonly pheasant. 1982 R. Elman Hunter's Field Guide 156 Pintail... Common & regional names..pheasant-duck, water pheasant [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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