vịt đàn
Definition
- Noun:
- Common duck / Domestic duck: A general term for the common, domesticated breeds of duck, typically raised in flocks for meat, eggs, or feathers. It distinguishes ordinary farm ducks from wild ducks or specific ornamental breeds.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trang trại của họ chuyên nuôi vịt đàn để lấy trứng. (Their farm specializes in raising common ducks for eggs.)
- Vịt đàn thường được thả đồng. (Common ducks are often free-ranged in fields.)
- So với vịt trời, thịt vịt đàn thường béo hơn. (Compared to wild duck, domestic duck meat is usually fattier.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in agricultural and husbandry contexts to discuss flock management, breeding, and economics, as opposed to poultry science terms for specific breeds.
- It can imply a focus on the duck as a production animal within a collective (the flock), rather than as an individual or pet.
Variants and Related Words
- Vịt (n): duck (the general term for all ducks).
- Vịt nhà (n): domestic/house duck (a near-synonym emphasizing domestication).
- Vịt trời (n): wild duck/mallard.
- Vịt xiêm (n): Muscovy duck (a distinct breed).
- Chăn vịt (v): to herd/raise ducks.
Synonyms
- Domestic duck
- Common duck
- Farm duck
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Nuôi vịt đàn: To raise a flock of common ducks.
- Ông ấy có kinh nghiệm nuôi vịt đàn trên diện rộng. (He has experience in raising large flocks of common ducks.)