Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the sheldrake or burrow-duck, Tadorna vulpanser. See
sheldrake .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European duck (
Anas tadorna ). Seesheldrake .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
European duck (Anas tadorna); thesheldrake .
Etymologies
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berg burrow + gander a male goose? Compare German Bergente, Danish gravgaas.
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