Shelduck

Word SHELDUCK
Character 8
Hyphenation shel duck
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Definitions and meanings of "Shelduck"

What do we mean by shelduck?

Any of various large waterfowl of the genus Tadorna of the Eastern Hemisphere, especially the Eurasian species T. tadorna, having black, white, and brownish-red plumage. noun

Same as sheldrake, 3. noun

The female of the sheldrake. noun

The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. noun

The sheldrake. noun

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

Female sheldrake noun

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

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The word "shelduck" in example sentences

Three Palaearctic species, golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) breed in the Bale Mountains, their only known breeding sites outside the north temperate zone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Freshwater wetlands in the South-West support sizable populations of several wetland birds, including grey duck, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata and shoveler Anas rhynchotis, two species of shag Phalacrocorax spp. and marsh and spotless crake. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A subspecies of the critically endangered crested shelduck, called Kuroda's sheldrake Tadorna cristata kuroda, once occurred along the southern coast of Korea. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The critically endangered crested shelduck Tadorna cristata, once occurred along the Korean Coast. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yedikır qualifies as an IBA for the large number of ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) that roost there in the non-breeding season. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The video also showed the tourists shooting a paradise shelduck with a rifle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson said she was "absolutely outraged" by the clip, which also showed the tourists shooting a paradise shelduck. [email protected] (2010)

The video also showed them shooting a paradise shelduck with a rifle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I assume he meant it was laid on Saturday; if the egg hatched at any point in the past he wouldn't be holding it in his hands now, would he? radjah shelduck on April 3, 2010 at 2: 41 PM ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not really geese at all, but a member of the shelduck subfamily, Egyptian geese, as their name implies, are native to ❋ Unknown (2010)

Curlews, oyster­catchers and shelduck breed there in summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Olbermann will make Coach K the Worst Person in the World and note that Nixon got his law degree from Duke. radjah shelduck on March 18, 2009 at 7: 01 PM ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brent geese, shelduck and oyster catchers fill the skies before we reach a colony of common seals: "The red in the young seals is unique to the creeks," he points out, their heads bobbing about like humans in the water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The shores of lakes and wetlands are important habitat for water bird species such as great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), greylag goose (Anser anser), ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and common coot (Fulica atra). ❋ Unknown (2007)

"For the first time the common shelduck was spotted in Pong. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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