<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>canards, a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.</li><li>Cooking: a duck intended or used for food.</li><li>Aeronautics: an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing. Also called canard wing.</li><li>one of two small lifting wings located in front of the main wings.</li><li>an early airplane having a pusher engine with the rudder and elevator assembly in front of the wings.</li></ul>