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 fo ...

, 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 Blériot may refer to: * Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot ( , also , ; 1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable busin ...

, 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 (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 d ...

, 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 agricultur ...
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