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Definition of Shelduck
1. Noun. Female sheldrake.
Definition of Shelduck
1. n. The sheldrake.
Definition of Shelduck
1. Noun. Any of various waterfowl of the genus ''Tadorna'', native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shelduck
1. a European duck [n -S]
Medical Definition of Shelduck
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelduck
Literary usage of Shelduck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shooting: By Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bt. by Thomas de Grey Walsingham, Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Gerald William Lascelles, Archibald John Stuart-Wortley, Simon Fraser Lovat, Charles Lennox Kerr (1886)
"They derive their name from the word ' sheld] signifying pied or parti-coloured,
hence the titles 'shelduck' or'sheldrake' are very appropriately bestowed. ..."
2. Shooting ...: Moor and Marsh by Ralph Payne-Gallwey (1893)
"They derive their name from the word ' sheld,' signifying pied or parti-coloured,
hence the titles 'shelduck' or 'sheldrake' are very appropriately bestowed ..."
3. Proceedings by Durham (England). Philosophical Society (1907)
"Of these, the shelduck, Tufted Duck, Eider Duck, Heron, Oyster Catcher, Common Gull,
... The shelduck is not common, but breeds in rabbit holes on the links ..."
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