shelduck
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɛldʌk/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌk
- Hyphenation: shel‧duck
Noun
shelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)
- Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
- Cape shelduck (Tadorna cana)
- chestnut-breasted shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
- common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
- Mauritius shelduck (Alopochen mauritiana)
- paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
- radjah shelduck, raja shelduck (Radjah radjah)
- ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- South African shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Translations
waterfowl
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