Canvasado

/ˌkænvəˈsɑːdoʊ/ noun

Definition

A type of duck or diving bird, another name for the canvasback duck.

Etymology

Spanish form combining 'canvas' with Spanish suffix '-ado'. This term reflects linguistic variation in naming waterfowl across European languages.

Kelly Says

The term 'canvasado' shows how English borrowed waterfowl names from Spanish colonial traditions—it's the same elegant diving duck that later became famous as 'canvasback'!

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