shelduck
[ shel-duhk ]
/ ˈʃɛlˌdʌk /
noun, plural shel·ducks, (especially collectively) shel·duck.
Origin of shelduck
First recorded in 1700–10;
shel(drake) +
duck1
Words nearby shelduck
shelburne,
shelby,
shelbyville,
sheldon,
sheldrake,
shelduck,
shelepin,
shelf,
shelf angle,
shelf fungus,
shelf ice
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