Burdekin duck

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. The bird Tadorna radjah, a protected species within Australia. Australia,countable
    — The Burdekin duck is also large, and bronze and white in colour. They are found in large numbers on the River Burdekin, from which they derive their name.
  2. A food dish made from leftovers or ingredients to hand, usually including corned beef. Australia,obsolete,uncountable
    — 1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, →ISBN (discussing 19th century cookery), even the exotic-sounding "Burdekin duck" consists of nothing more than slices of cold beef fried in batter.

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Burdekin ducks plural burdekin duck alternative

词源

From Burdekin (“a surname”); named after the Burdekin River, Queensland, which in turn was named for Mrs. Thomas Burdekin, who provided assistance to the expedition during which the river was discovered (by Europeans).
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