shelduck

shel·duck
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/ˈʃɛldʌk/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounshelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)

plural shelducks

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bargander

Origin

From obsolete/dialectal sheld (“variegated”) + duck. Compare typologically Russian пега́нка (pegánka) (< пе́гий (pégij)).

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Translations

Czech husice
  • husicewaterfowl
Danish gravand
  • gravandwaterfowl
Esperanto tadorno
  • tadornowaterfowl
Finnish ristisorsa
  • ristisorsawaterfowl
French tadorne
  • tadornewaterfowl
German Kasarka
  • Kasarkawaterfowl
Greek βαρβάρα
  • βαρβάρα (varvára)waterfowl
Hungarian ásólúd
  • ásólúdwaterfowl
Italian volpoca
  • volpocawaterfowl
Polish kazarka
  • kazarkawaterfowl
Portuguese tadorna
  • tadornawaterfowl
Romanian călifar
  • călifarwaterfowl
Russian пега́нка
  • пега́нка (pegánka)waterfowl
Spanish tarro
  • tarrowaterfowl
Swedish gravand
  • gravandwaterfowl
Turkish suna, angut
  • sunawaterfowl
  • angutwaterfowl
Ukrainian галагаз
  • галагаз (halahaz)waterfowl
Welsh hwyaden yr eithin
  • hwyaden yr eithinwaterfowl

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shelduck

truckluckchuckstuckstruckducktuckpuckpluckpotluckhuckamokyukgluckruckuckcluckshuckdrukbruckunstuckTkachukZuckgeoduck
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Cite this entry
APA

shelduck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelduck

MLA

“shelduck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelduck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shelduck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelduck.

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