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单词 vulpanser
释义

vulpansern.

/vʌlˈpansə/
Etymology: modern Latin, < vulpēs fox + anser goose, after Greek χηναλώπηξ.
Ornithology.
The sheldrake ( Anas tadorna). Also attributive.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake)
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vulpanser, the Bergander, or Burrow-duck, a Bird of the kind of Geese.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Vulpanser, in zoology, a name given by some authors to the shell-drake, or burrow-duck.
1839 W. C. Taylor Student's Man. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) i. §2. 24 Wild and tame fowl abounded; the vulpanser goose of the Nile, bustards, partridges, quails, and widgeons, frequented the skirts of the desert, and the valley of the Nile.
1910 D. W. Thompson tr. Aristotle Hist. Animalium 559 Wind-eggs are laid by a number of birds: as for instance the common hen,..the goose and the vulpanser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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