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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
2. 2
   female sheldrake wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bargander

Etymology

From obsolete/dialectal sheld (“variegated”) + duck. Compare typologically Russian пега́нка (pegánka) (< пе́гий (pégij)).

Related phrases

Australian shelduckCape shelduckMauritius shelduckSouth African shelduckchestnut-breasted shelduckcommon shelduckcrested shelduckparadise shelduckradjah shelduckraja shelduckruddy shelduck

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