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shelduck
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shel·duck  (shldk)
n.
See sheldrake.
[shel(drake) + duck.]
shelduck [ˈʃɛlˌdʌk] masculine, sheldrake [ˈʃɛlˌdreɪk]
n pl -ducks, -duck, -drakes -drake
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large usually brightly coloured gooselike ducks, such as Tadorna tadorna (common shelduck), of the Old World
[C14 shel, probably from dialect sheld pied; related to Middle Dutch schillede variegated]
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Noun1.shelduck - female sheldrakeshelduck - female sheldrake                    
sheldrake - Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
Translations
shelduck [ˈʃɛlˌdʌk] n → volpoca (femmina)
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