"canvasback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: canvasbacks [plural]
Etymology: From canvas + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|canvas|back}} canvas + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} canvasback (plural canvasbacks)
  1. A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird. Wikipedia link: canvasback Categories (lifeform): Ducks Translations (Aythya valisineria): isopunasotka (Finnish), Riesentafelente [feminine] (German), dúkönd [feminine] (Icelandic), lacha Mheiriceánach [feminine] (Irish), 큰흰죽지 (keunhuinjukji) (Korean), naalʼeełíłtsooí (Navajo), паруси́новый ныро́к (parusínovyj nyrók) [masculine] (Russian), porrón coacoxtle (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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