Defenition of the word sheldrake

• Defenition of the word sheldrake

  • large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
  • Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill

Synonyms for the word sheldrake

• • fish duck
  • merganser
  • sawbill

Meronymys for the word sheldrake

• • genus Mergus
  • genus Tadorna
  • Mergus
  • Tadorna

Hyponyms for the word sheldrake

• • American merganser
  • goosander
  • hooded merganser
  • hooded sheldrake
  • Lophodytes cucullatus
  • Mergus albellus
  • Mergus merganser
  • Mergus merganser americanus
  • Mergus serrator
  • red-breasted merganser
  • shelduck
  • smew

Hypernyms for the word sheldrake

• • duck
  • sea duck

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