| 单词 | call duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmascall duck call duck n. a decoy duck, spec. one of a breed of domesticated bantam ducks; (also) the breed itself; a duck of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird > decoy-duck coy-duck1602 coy1629 coy-bird1639 decoy-duck1651 call duck1656 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 186 The true de quois, or call-ducks. 1847 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 204 The peasants, who supply the markets, when they go out for shooting wildfowl by night, take..a basket of call-ducks. 1908 Scotsman 8 Sept. 6/6 At a mansion-house near this where call ducks—those near relatives of the mallard—are kept in the grounds several ducks have..assumed almost the full plumage of the drake. 2012 G. Drowns Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry (ed. 4) xiii. 189 Muscovies and Call ducks are the exception. Both breeds are able to fly from pen to pen. < as lemmas |
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