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1. (n.) canard
a false or baseless, usu. derogatory story, report, or rumor.
2. canard
Aeron.
3. canard
an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
Etymology: (1840–50; < F: lit., duck < OF quanart drake, der. of caner to cackle (of expressive orig.); prob. from the phrase vendre un canard à moieté to half-sell a duck, to deceive)
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1. (noun) canard
a deliberately misleading fabrication
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1. (noun) canard
an extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public
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