Difference between revisions of "Duck"

From Conservapedia
Jump to: navigation, search
(starting some non-taxonomical content.)
m (reorg;img subst; needs overhaul)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Duck.jpg|left]]
+
{{Taxonomy|image = Duck.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Aves|order = Anseriformes|suborder = |family = Anatidae| }}
 
'''Duck''' (Spanish: pato, French: canard, German: Ente, Greek: πάπια) wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae.  
 
'''Duck''' (Spanish: pato, French: canard, German: Ente, Greek: πάπια) wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae.  
 
{{Taxonomy|image = Ruddy_duck.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Aves|order = Anseriformes|suborder = |family = Anatidae| }}
 
 
 
== Use as Livestock ==
 
 
In colonial times, duck and [[goose]] were choice [[fowl]] to eat for the [[Christmas]] feast. Today, duck is not often found in supermarkets and must be hunted. Duck is popular in several other world [[Cuisine|cuisines]]: [[Peking duck]] features prominently in [[Chinese]] cooking, while the [[French]] have perfected [[foie gras]], or ''liver fat''.
 
 
== See also ==
 
 
*[[Platypus]]
 
  
  

Revision as of 17:49, February 19, 2008

Duck
Duck.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Information
Phylum Chordata
Sub-phylum Vertebrata
Class Information
Class Aves
Order Information
Order Anseriformes
Family Information
Family Anatidae
Population statistics

Duck (Spanish: pato, French: canard, German: Ente, Greek: πάπια) wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae.