English noun: sheldrake |
1. | sheldrake (animal) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges |
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| Synonyms | fish duck, merganser, sawbill |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sea duck |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American merganser, goosander, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus, Mergus albellus, Mergus merganser, Mergus merganser americanus, Mergus serrator, red-breasted merganser, smew |
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| Member meronym | genus Mergus, Mergus |
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2. | sheldrake (animal) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill |
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| Broader (hypernym) | duck |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | shelduck |
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| Member meronym | genus Tadorna, Tadorna |
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