shelduck

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Noun
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shel=duck

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shelduck has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

shelduckn. [Sheld variegated + duck.].
     The sheldrake.  [1913 Webster]

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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