Canard

In aeronautics, canard (French for duck) is a type of fixed-wing aircraft in which the tailplane is ahead of the main lifting surfaces, rather than behind them as in conventional aircraft. The earliest models, such as the Santos-Dumont 14-bis, were seen by observers to resemble a flying duck — hence the name.

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The term canard has also come to mean the tail surface itself, when mounted in that configuration.

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In English, canard also means hoax (but, in contemporary French usage, it means newspaper as in Le Canard Encha?n?). In the field of computing, it has also acquired the meaning of "confused and mistaken belief".

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Aeronautics: Aeronautics is the science and practice of aircraft navigation. It is also used to refer to the engineering discipline related to the design, construction, and operation of aircraft. In relation to astronautics, aeronautics refers specifically to vehicles designed for travel within the atmosphere, ...

French: French can refer to more than one article:...

Duck: Dendrocygninae...