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What is a canvasback?

What is a canvasback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
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Many of these ducks, as articles of food, compare favorably with our mallard and canvasback.
The Redhead closely resembles in flavor the canvasback, and often is mistaken for it.
The red-head, both species of the scaups, the canvasback and the ruddy are commonly found on the fresh-waters.
Bingham bowed over his glass, and regretted that canvasback ducks and terrapin were not yet in season.
The canvasback is superior in flavor to any other species of wild duck, and is much esteemed.
When I have a canvasback duck before me I dont think of anything else while its there.

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