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N เป็ด ป่า ของ อเมริกา จำพวก  Aythya calisineria

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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CANVASBACK Can "vas *back `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria ), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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can vas back |ˈkanvəsˌbak ˈkænvəsbæk | ▶noun a North American diving duck with a long, sloping black bill, related (and with similar coloring ) to the pochard, common in Eurasia. [Aythya valisineria, family Anatidae. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: so named because of the white back of the male.

 

Oxford Dictionary

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canvas |back ▶noun a North American diving duck with a long, sloping black bill, related to the common pochard. ●Aythya valisineria, family Anatidae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: so named because of the white back of the male.