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Webster 1913 Edition

Shelduck

Shel′duckˊ

,

Noun.

[

Sheld

variegated +

duck

.]

(Zool.)

The sheldrake.

[Written also

shellduck

.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Shelduck

SHEL'DUCK

,

Noun.

A species of wild duck.

Definition 2025

shelduck

shelduck

English

Noun

shelduck ‎(plural shelducks or shelduck)

A shelduck.

Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Australian Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck

Raja Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck
South African Shelduck

Translations

waterfowl

Danish: gravand (da) c
Esperanto: tadorno
Faroese: kápureyð ont f
Finnish: ristisorsa (fi)
French: tadorne (fr)
German: Kasarka m
Greek: βαρβάρα f ‎(varvára)
Italian: volpoca (it) f

Portuguese: tadorna f
Romanian: călifar (ro) m
Russian: пега́нка (ru) f ‎(pegánka)
Spanish: tarro (es) m
Swedish: gravand (sv) c
Ukrainian: галагаз m ‎(halahaz)
Welsh: hwyaden yr eithin f

See also

sheldrake