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Definition of Hooded sheldrake
1. Noun. Small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head.
Exact synonyms: Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes Cucullatus
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake
Group relationships: Genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake
Group relationships: Genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooded Sheldrake
Literary usage of Hooded sheldrake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Labrador Coast: A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to that Region by Alpheus Spring Packard (1891)
"hooded sheldrake. Stearns, p. 121, records it as rather rare, but occasional in
Southern Labrador. f 1/o. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.). Common Cormorant. ..."
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