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Canard

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Noun

1. canard

a deliberately misleading fabrication

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Canard

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noun
1. 
a false report; rumour or hoax
2. 
an aircraft in which the tailplane is mounted in front of the wing

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Canard

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noun
1. 
a false, esp. malicious, report that has been fabricated with the intention of doing harm
2. 
a. 
an airplane whose horizontal stabilizer is located forward of the wing or wings
b. 
the horizontal control and stabilizing surfaces in such an aircraft

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Canard

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n.
1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
2.
a. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
b. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.

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