"shelduck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shelducks [plural], shelduck [plural]
Etymology: sheld (“variegated”) + duck. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sheld||variegated}} sheld (“variegated”), {{m|en|duck}} duck Head templates: {{en-noun|s|shelduck}} shelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)
  1. Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia. Wikipedia link: shelduck Categories (lifeform): Ducks Related terms: sheldrake Translations (waterfowl): စက္ကဝါက် (cakka.wak) [common-gender] (Burmese), husice (Czech), gravand [common-gender] (Danish), tadorno (Esperanto), kápureyð ont [feminine] (Faroese), ristisorsa (Finnish), tadorne (French), Kasarka [masculine] (German), βαρβάρα (varvára) [feminine] (Greek), ásólúd (Hungarian), volpoca [feminine] (Italian), tadorna [feminine] (Portuguese), călifar [masculine] (Romanian), пега́нка (pegánka) [feminine] (Russian), tarro [masculine] (Spanish), gravand [common-gender] (Swedish), suna (Turkish), angut (Turkish), галагаз (halahaz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hwyaden yr eithin [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-shelduck-en-noun-ib~TWtww Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes Derived forms: Australian shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna tadornoides), Cape shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna cana), chestnut-breasted shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna tadornoides), common shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna tadorna), crested shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna cristata), Mauritius shelduck (taxonomic: Alopochen mauritiana), paradise shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna variegata), radjah shelduck, raja shelduck (taxonomic: Radjah radjah), ruddy shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna ferruginea), South African shelduck (taxonomic: Tadorna cana)

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