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Sheldrake

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
  2. 2
    Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill wordnet
  3. 3
    An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).; A male shelduck.
  4. 4
    large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges wordnet
  5. 5
    A merganser.
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  1. 6
    The call sign for an artillery officer.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

Etymology 2

From sheldrake, a nickname for a vain or showy person.

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