sheldrake

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See also: Sheldrake

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

Noun

sheldrake (plural sheldrakes)

  1. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna.
  2. A merganser.
  3. A male shelduck.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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