shelduck
Meaning
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
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Etymology
From obsolete/dialectal sheld (“variegated”) + duck. Compare typologically Russian пега́нка (pegánka) (< пе́гий (pégij)).
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