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English noun: sheldrake

1. sheldrake (animal) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges


Synonymsfish duck, merganser, sawbill


Broader (hypernym)sea duck


Narrower (hyponym)American merganser, goosander, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus, Mergus albellus, Mergus merganser, Mergus merganser americanus, Mergus serrator, red-breasted merganser, smew


Member meronymgenus Mergus, Mergus

2. sheldrake (animal) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill


Broader (hypernym)duck


Narrower (hyponym)shelduck


Member meronymgenus Tadorna, Tadorna









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