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What is a canard?

What is a canard? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
  2. (aeronautics) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
  3. (transport, engineering) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
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The conservative talk jocks have been purveying this canard to explain their monopoly of the spectrum.
But he scoffed at the occasional canard that he favoured players of his own religion.
Foie gras du canard and little spicy sweet peppers filled with herby cheese and drenched in olive oil were her choice of appetizers.
Telling the New Zealand public that Maori have unlimited tangi leave is a canard.
If anything proves the old canard that most psychiatrists are crazier than their patients, it is the egregious Finch.
I want my profession to be seen as role models who lead by example rather than canard, fear or false promises.

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