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sheldrake

sheld·rake

uncommon

noun

1.

large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

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Origin

From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

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