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 ...
, a type of aquatic bird.
Canard may also refer to:
Aviation
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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 configura ...
, a small wing in front of an aircraft's main wing
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Aviafiber Canard 2FL, a single seat recreational aircraft of canard design
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Blériot V canard, an early French aircraft built by Louis Blériot in 1907, and one of the first monoplanes
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Voisin Canard
The Voisin Canard was an aircraft developed by Voisin brothers during 1910 and first flown early in 1911. It was named the '' Canard'' because of the resemblance of its forward fuselage to that of a duck's long neck while in flight. It was origi ...
, aircraft developed by the Voisin brothers
Persons
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Marius Canard (1888–1982), French Orientalist and historian
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Nicolas-François Canard (c. 1750 – 1833), French mathematician and economist
Places
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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
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Canard River, a river in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Rivière-aux-Canards
Rivière-aux-Canards was an Acadian community located at the west side of the Minas Basin from 1670 until 1755. The community occupied the present-day site of Canard, Port Williams and Starr's Point, Nova Scotia. The village was established i ...
(River of the ducks), a village in New France (now Canada) from 1670 until 1755
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Rivière aux Canards (Anticosti Island), 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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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Canard Pars
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, fictional character from the Japanese science fiction manga series ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray''
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Canard PC
''Canard PC'' is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly.
The title ''Canard PC'' is a paronym, derived from ''Canard WC'', which is the French name for Toilet Duck.
''Canard PC''s independe ...
'', 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
See also
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Canardo (disambiguation)
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Kenard, a character in the television series ''The Wire''
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Canary (disambiguation)
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