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sheldrake.

An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).

  2. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks). A male shelduck.

  3. A merganser.

  4. The call sign for an artillery officer.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.