sheldrake

sheldrake

See also: Sheldrake

English

Etymology

From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

Noun

sheldrake (plural sheldrakes)

1. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).

   Synonym: vulpanser

   1. A male shelduck.
2. A merganser.
3. The call sign for an artillery officer.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967