canard
noun/ˈkænɑːd/, /kəˈnɑːd/
/ˈkænɑːrd/
(formal)- a false report or piece of newsTopics TV, radio and newsc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘duck’, also ‘hoax’, from Old French caner ‘to quack’.
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