shelduck

English

Etymology

sheld (“variegated”) + duck.

Noun

shelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)

A shelduck.

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

Derived terms

Translations

waterfowl

Burmese: စက္ကဝါက် (my) c (cakka.wak)
Czech: husice
Danish: gravand (da) c
Esperanto: tadorno
Faroese: kápureyð ont f
Finnish: ristisorsa (fi)
French: tadorne (fr)
German: Kasarka m
Greek: βαρβάρα (el) f (varvára)
Hungarian: ásólúd
Italian: volpoca (it) f
Portuguese: tadorna f
Romanian: călifar (ro) m
Russian: пега́нка (ru) f (pegánka)
Spanish: tarro (es) m
Swedish: gravand (sv) c
Turkish: suna (tr), angut (tr)
Ukrainian: галагаз m (halahaz)
Welsh: hwyaden yr eithin f

See also

sheldrake

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