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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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When I have a canvasback duck before me I dont think of anything else while its there.
The red-head, both species of the scaups, the canvasback and the ruddy are commonly found on the fresh-waters.
On March 18, 1908, Mr. Savage saw a handsome male canvasback come down against the ice bridge.
The canvasback is superior in flavor to any other species of wild duck, and is much esteemed.
From time to time, the pond has hosted the locally rare redhead, a member of the group to which scaup, the canvasback and ring-necked duck belong.
Check your field guide to identify gadwalls, widgeons, wood ducks, hooded mergansers, ringnecks, and maybe a scalup or a canvasback.

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