| 单词 | spirit duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit duck spirit duck n. now historical and rare the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola, a North American diving duck which can submerge quickly and reappear a distance away (cf. sense 11c); (occasionally also) any of various other waterfowl having this ability. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Bucephala > bucephala albeola (bufflehead) buffel duck1732 spirit duck1785 butterbox1806 butterballa1813 marionette1838 bufflehead1858 Scotchman1888 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 558 Spirit Duck... Inhabits North America, from Hudson's Bay to Carolina. 1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 437 They [sc. Clangula vulgaris and albeola]..dive so dexterously at the flash of the gun..that the natives say they are endowed with some supernatural power. Hence their appellation of ‘Conjuring’ or ‘Spirit Ducks’. 1925 A. C. Bent in Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) (1993) 6 Dec. 24/2 The propriety of applying the name ‘spirit duck’ to this sprightly little duck will be appreciated by anyone who has watched it in its natural surroundings. 1957 P. L. Errington Of Men & Marshes ii. 14 Another name for the bufflehead is spirit duck. < as lemmas |
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