canvasback
noun
a North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, the male of which has a whitish back and a reddish-brown head and neck.
canvasbacks
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pluralof canvasback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2015
Mr. Chrysler explained that he regularly scattered grain over his marshes except during hunting season, said 500 canvasbacks had boarded there last winter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day, from a New York Rod & Gun Club blind on Spesuti Island, he shot four black ducks and eight canvasbacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heavy-resin cast mallards and canvasbacks appear to have made a bad landing at your doorstep.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, unless all plans go wrong, we may very likely have canvasbacks on the boat; although I can not promise you that John will be as good a chef as our friend here at Luigi’s.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Harry A. Mathes
