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☆ canvas·back (-bak′)
noun pl. canvasbacks -·backs′ or canvasback -·back′
a large, North American wild duck (Aythya valisneria) with a brownish-red head, dark breast, and light-gray back, hunted as a game bird
Etymology: < the grayish, canvaslike appearance of the back
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