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French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Zoology | |||||||
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4 | coulumbine blue duck |
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4 | columbine bird |
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4 | dove-colored duck |
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4 | pastel duck, duck with pastel plumage |
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coulumbine blue duck Explanation: It's the color "bleu colombin" Élevage des oies et canards - Google Books Result books.google.fr/books?isbn=2844163483 Alain Fournier - 2005 Le plumage du canard présente différents coloris : bleu colombin, rouge rouillé, blanc farineux et gris bleuâtre ; celui de la cane : pois intense, fauve clair, crème ... The British cyclopæedia of natural history: combining a scientific ... - Page 87 books.google.fr/books?id=ezdEAAAAYAAJ Charles Frederick Partington - 1836 - Read - More editions Lake red, the crimson red of Werner (arterial blood red with a portion of Berlin blue). ... Purplish red, the columbine red of Werner (carmine red with a little Berlin blue and a small portion of Indigo line). Animal ... Animal, head of pin-tail duck. |
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columbine bird Explanation: It looks like a duck, but is in fact a bird (or is a duck, indeed a "bird"?!) Do a google image search columbine bird.. Don't think you should add "blue". |
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dove-colored duck Explanation: Columbine here refers to the color, not to the species, plus this isn't blue but purplish grey, red: Colonbin : Qui a la couleur de la gorge du pigeon, qui est d'une couleur changeante et qui varie entre le rouge et le violet`` (Ac. 1932). CNRTL Dove color: warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint. Dictionary.com |
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pastel duck, duck with pastel plumage Explanation: Since my hobby is raising poultry, I did a little more research on this. I'm pretty sure they are referring to a duck like a Saxony, possibly a landrace or "farmer's breed" rather than a pure breed (believe it or not there are folks who take poultry showing just as seriously as those who show dogs, horses, etc.). Dave Holderread, a well-known US waterfowl expert, breeds the Saxony, and refers to this plumage pattern as "pastel". I've attached his web address for you, there is a photo gallery of the different breeds he raises and you can see for yourself what a Saxony drake and duck (canard saxe) look like. Other breeds, even crossbreeds, can have this pastel pattern too. In fact one of the breeds used to create the Saxony was the Rouen, which is a large meat breed originally developed in France that has the same plumage as the mallard (canard colvert). So I'd think it's highly likely that a farmer's breed or landrace of ducks with pastel plumage could have been found on small farmyards in France. Reference: http://www.holderreadfarm.com |
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