Canard is French for

duck Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form t ...

, a type of aquatic bird. Canard may also refer to:

Aviation

Canard (aeronautics) In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or a weapon. The term "canard" may be used to describe the aircraft itself, the wing configuration ...

, a small wing in front of an aircraft's main wing *

Aviafiber Canard 2FL __NOTOC__ The Aviafiber Canard 2FL was a one-person recreational aircraft of highly unusual design, designed and built in Switzerland during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Design and development Variously described as a rigid-wing hang-glider or ...

, a single seat recreational aircraft of canard design * Blériot V canard, an early French aircraft built by Louis Blériot in 1907, and one of the first monoplanes * Voisin Canard, aircraft developed by the Voisin brothers

Persons

Marius Canard Marius Canard FBA ( Dracy-Saint-Loup, 26 December 1888 – Duingt, Haute-Savoie, 13 September 1982) was a French Orientalist and historian. Biography He was born in a small village in the region of Morvan, where his father was a school teacher ...

(1888–1982), French Orientalist and historian *

Nicolas-François Canard Nicolas-François Canard (; c. 1750 – 1833) was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist. He was one of the pioneers of applying mathematics to economic problems, forestalling the works of Antoine Augustin Cournot, William Stanley Jevo ...

(c. 1750 – 1833), French mathematician and economist

Places

Canard, Nova Scotia Canard is a rural community occupying a ridge to the north of the Canard River between the Canard and Habitant Rivers in Kings County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The name comes from the French word for duck which was in turn deri ...

, Canada, a group of hamlets and villages *

Canard River The Canard River is a river in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada which drains into the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy between the communities of Canard and Starr's Point. It is known for its fertile river banks and extensive dyke land agricultu ...

, a river in Nova Scotia, Canada * Rivière-aux-Canards (River of the ducks), a village in New France (now Canada) from 1670 until 1755 *

Rivière aux Canards (Anticosti Island) The rivière aux Canards (''English: Ducks River'') is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in provin ...

, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada

Dishonesty

*"Canard" is a dated term for a false, defamatory story **

Antisemitic canard Antisemitic tropes, canards, or myths are " sensational reports, misrepresentations, or fabrications" that are defamatory towards Judaism as a religion or defamatory towards Jews as an ethnic or religious group. Since the Middle Ages, such repo ...

, a false allegation defaming Jews or Judaism **

Lie A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar. Lies can be inter ...

Defamation Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defini ...

Other

Canard Pars This is a list of fictional characters from the ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED VS Astray'' manga of the ''Gundam'' metaseries. * SA- ''Gundam SEED Astray'' *SDA- ''Gu ...

, fictional character from the Japanese science fiction manga series ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray'' *'' Canard PC'', a French magazine devoted to computer gaming * Canard, an alternative name of a

diving plane Diving planes, also known as hydroplanes, are control surfaces found on a submarine which allow the vessel to pitch its bow and stern up or down to assist in the process of submerging or surfacing the boat, as well as controlling depth when subm ...

, small wings attached to the front of a submarine or an automobile

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