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Shelduck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheldrake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheldrake or Shelldrake may refer to: •Sheldrake duck •Shelldrake, Michigan, a ghost town in the United States •Shelldrake River, a river in Michigan, United States •Rupert Sheldrake, British parap...
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sheldrake n 1: large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges [syn: merganser, fish duck, sawbill] 2: Old ... sheldrake n 1: large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges [syn: merganser, fish duck, sawbill] 2: Old World gooselike duck...
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Use Sheldrake in a Sentence ... c.1325, from sheld- "variegated" + drake "male duck." First element cognate with M.Du. schillede, W.Flem. schilde, from schillen (Du. verschillen "to make different"), from P.Gmc. *skeli-, from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut." This is considered the most likely origin, though Eng.
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Genuine antique print of Teal, Garganey, Long-tailed duck, Ruddy Sheldrake and Common Sheldrake eggs from Bird eggs by Henry Seebohm . We have 1000s of antique prints. Fast delivery. Satisfaction guaranteed. ... Teal, Garganey, Long-tailed duck, Ruddy Sheldrake and Common Sheldrake eggs - ; $0.00 - Order #17084 Sold;
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Charles G. Leland's Short Story: How One Of The Partridge's Wives Became A Sheldrake Duck. Read online ... How One of the Partridge's Wives Became a Sheldrake Duck, and Why her Feet and Feathers are Red.
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Sheldrake: Any of various large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, especially T. tadorna, having predominantly black and white plumage. Also called shelduck. ... Similarly a male Australian sheldrake was paired to a male of another species.
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File Name: sheldrake_23035; Description: The common name of a class of ducks, usually regarded a connecting link between geese and ducks. They are native to Eurasia, Australia, and Africa. Source: B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909)IV:1735;
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Description: Also known as the burrow-duck and the sly goose, the common European sheldrake has been known to make its nest in abandoned rabbit burrows. Source: S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859)2:320;
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