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Definition of Canvasbacks
1. canvasback [n] - See also: canvasback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canvasbacks
Literary usage of Canvasbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"The market in Prescott has been supplied with canvasbacks all through the winter,
together with various other Ducks, among which I have noticed Green-winged ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
""We missed the canvasbacks in Baltimore," Newbold said, with a sigh to their
memory, even amid such profusion. "Very savory eating are canvasbacks," said ..."
3. The Huntsman in the South by Alexander Hunter (1908)
"A flash of flame swept over the bay; across the horizon there dashed within a
few feet of me a couple of canvasbacks. I could see their eyes as they turned ..."
4. Tales of Duck and Goose Shooting: Being Duck and Goose Hunting Narratives by John Baptiste de Macklot Thompson (1916)
"I had canvasbacks in my bag that weighed as much as five pounds. Some bird, that!
I set my decoys (about sixty-five) about 60 feet from the blind, ..."
5. U.S. Fish Manual by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Leon Jacob Cole (1903)
"The canvasbacks (Ayt/iya vallisneria) and redheads (Aythya americana) ...
Since 1899-1900 not more than three or four canvasbacks have been killed by the ..."
6. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"canvasbacks have an immense range, and where no wild celery grows, and they must
harden their muscles in the active pursuit of fish, lizards, ..."
7. Putnam's Magazine (1910)
"The Boston millionaire eats canvasbacks made of mud-hens, ... There are more
canvasbacks and more terrapin in Texas than any place in the world. ..."