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canvasback

noun

Etymology

From canvas + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as canvasback — “canvas + back”

Definitions

  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.

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