Shelduck definitions

Shelduck

1) British coastal duck 2) Female sheldrake 3) Sheldrake
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Shelduck

The shelducks, genus Tadorna, are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans. The shelducks are a group of larger often semi-terrestrial waterfowl, which can be seen as intermediate between geese (Anserinae) and ducks. Th...
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Shelduck

• (n.) The sheldrake.
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shelduck

any of the smaller members of the duck tribe Tadornini, family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). The larger members of the tribe are sheldgeese. ... [1 related articles]
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Shelduck

Shel'duck` noun [ Sheld variegated + duck .] (Zoology) The sheldrake. [ Written also shellduck .]
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Shelduck

The shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a large British coastal duck of the family Anatidae with a scarlet bill and pink legs.
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shelduck

[n] - female sheldrake
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shelduck

noun female sheldrake
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shelduck

Duck Tadorna tadorna of family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. It has a dark-green head and red bill, with the rest of the plumage strikingly marked in black, white, and chestnut. The drake is about 60 cm/24 in long. Widely distributed in Europe and Asia, it lays 10–12 white eggs in rabbit burrows on sandy coasts, and ...
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