can·vas·back

(kăn′vəs-băk′)

A North American diving duck (Aythya valisineria), having a reddish-brown head and neck and a whitish back in the male.

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canvasback

(ˈkænvəsˌbæk)

n, pl -backs or -back

(Animals) a North American diving duck, Aythyra valisineria, the male of which has a white body and reddish-brown head

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can•vas•back

(ˈkæn vəsˌbæk)

n., pl. -backs, (esp. collectively) -back.

a North American duck, Aythya valisineria, the male of which has a whitish back and a reddish brown head and neck.

[1775–85, Amer.]

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Noun

canvasback - North American wild duck valued for sport and food

Aythya valisineria, canvasback duck

duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Aythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.

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His award winners include a canvasback. George explains, "I used a hatchet to carve it out with a chisel and a drill press to hollow it out.

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Fisher of Pennsylvania, which featured a weathered canvasback duck decoy as its focal point.

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Increase the canvasback daily limit from one to two; otherwise duck bag limits remain unchanged from last year.

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