English dictionary
sheldrake
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus <i>Tadorna</i> and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (<i>T. cornuta, or tadorna</i>), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
Source: webster1913