单词 | surf duck |
释义 | > as lemmassurf duck surf duck n. U.S. any scoter (sea duck) of the genus Melanitta; esp. the surf scoter, M. perspicillata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta perspicillata (surf-scoter) surf duck1814 surf scoter1833 butter-duck1853 surf coot1885 1814 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VIII. 49 Black, or Surf Duck, Anas perspicillata. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 103 Surf Duck... In Maine,..Patch-Head; in Massachusetts..and at Stonington, Conn., Patch-polled Coot. 1953 E. E. Clark Indian Legends of Pacific Northwest iii. 121 Later, Chief Wolf had a surf duck for Kwatee. 2007 C. L. Henderson Oology & Ralph's Talking Eggs vi. 82/1 White-winged Scoter... Historic Names: White-winged Coot, Sea Coot, Black Surf Duck, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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