sheldrake : Idioms & Phrases
Hooded sheldrake
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noun small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
hooded merganser; Lophodytes cucullatus.
WordNet
- the hooded merganser. See
Merganser .
Webster 1913
Summer sheldrake
(Zoöl.) , the hooded merganser. Local, U.S.
Webster 1913
Winter sheldrake
(Zoöl.) , the goosander. Local, U.S.
Webster 1913
Wood sheldrake
(Zoöl.) , the hooded merganser.