sheldrake

See also: Sheldrake

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sheldrake (plural sheldrakes)

  1. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
    Synonym: vulpanser
    1. A male shelduck.
  2. A merganser.
  3. The call sign for an artillery officer.

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