Meaning

1 senses
  1. A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.

    1857 The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster Yesterday, I received a great present from Mr. Webster, from Washington; a large basket of canvasback ducks and a large turkey.

    Riesentafelente

    паруси́новый ныро́кparusínovyj nyrók

    North American wild duck valued for sport and food

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
Aythya valisineria:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Aythya valisineria:

Origin

From canvas + back.

From canvas + back.

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Forms

plural: canvasbacks
Singularcanvasback
Pluralcanvasbacks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
canvasback — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto