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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.
The native State of Patrick Henry Hanway was a moss-grown member of the republic and had been one of the original thirteen. It possessed with other impedimenta a moss-grown aristocracy that borrowed money, devoured canvasbacks, drank burgundy, wore spotless tow in summer, clung to the duello, and talked of days of greatness which had been before the war.
Use canvasback when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Canvasback means A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird..
Common synonyms include aythya valisineria, canvasback duck.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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