canvasback

/kan-vuhs-bak/US // ˈkæn vəsˌbæk //UK // (ˈkænvəsˌbæk) //

帆布背,帆布背包客,帆布背脊,帆布背的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural can·vas·backs, can·vas·back.
- : a North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, the male of which has a whitish back and a reddish-brown head and neck.

I remember with pleasure the canvasback ducks that you sent to me at London, and which gave me and my friends so much pleasure.
Bingham bowed over his glass, and regretted that canvasback ducks and terrapin were not yet in season.
The red-head, both species of the scaups, the canvasback and the ruddy are commonly found on the fresh-waters.
Canvasback ducks are considered the finest of the water-fowls for the table.
The canvasback duck is so called from the appearance of the feathers on the back.