sheldrake : Idioms & Phrases


Hooded sheldrake

  • 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.
Webster 1913