Usually means: Small, forward wings on aircraft.
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  2. canards: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. canards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. canards: Wiktionary
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  8. Canards: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (canard)

noun:  A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
noun:  (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
noun:  (aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.
noun:  (transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
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