| 单词 | ruddy goose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruddy goose ruddy goose n. now rare = ruddy shelduck n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 456 Ruddy Goose... This is larger than a Mallard. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 140 It [sc. the ruddy sheldrake] has also been called the Ruddy Goose. 1915 W. W. Cochrane Shans I. 129 From a ruddy goose on the banks of the Ganges, he wends his way upward to an ascetic. 2000 Asian Folklore Stud. 59 57 Ruddy Goose or Sheldrake. In Sanskrit literature it..is used as a symbol of the eternal yearning of parted lovers. < as lemmas |
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