sheldrake

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sheldrake (plural sheldrakes)

1. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna.
2. A merganser.
3. A male shelduck.

References

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