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shelduck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shelduck has 1 sense
- shelduck(n = noun.animal) - female sheldrake; is a kind of sheldrake
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shelduck, n. (pl. same or shelducks; masc. sheldrake, pl. same or sheldrakes) any bright-plumaged coastal wild duck of the genus Tadorna, esp. T. tadorna.
Etymology
ME prob. f. dial. sheld pied, rel. to MDu. schillede variegated, + DRAKE
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