meaning of sheldrake

1. Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
2.
Any one of the American mergansers.
3.
Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill


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