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单词 shelduck
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shelduck

[ shel-duhk ]
/ ˈʃɛlˌdʌk /

noun, plural shel·ducks, (especially collectively) shel·duck.

a sheldrake.
a female sheldrake.

Origin of shelduck

First recorded in 1700–10; shel(drake) + duck1

Words nearby shelduck

Shelburne, Shelby, Shelbyville, Sheldon, sheldrake, shelduck, Shelepin, shelf, shelf angle, shelfful, shelf fungus
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Example sentences from the Web for shelduck

  • My coat looked rather bulgy, for a Shelduck is nearly as big as a Goose.

    The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

British Dictionary definitions for shelduck

shelduck

masculine sheldrake (ˈʃɛlˌdreɪk)

/ (ˈʃɛlˌdʌk) /

noun plural -ducks, -duck, -drakes or -drake

any of various large usually brightly coloured gooselike ducks, such as Tadorna tadorna (common shelduck), of the Old World

Word Origin for shelduck

C14 shel, probably from dialect sheld pied; related to Middle Dutch schillede variegated
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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