English-Thai Dictionary

sheldrake

N เป็ด ยุโรป ตัวผู้ จำพวก  Tadorna มี ปาก หนา และ สีสัน สดใส  shelduck ped-yu-rob-tua-phu-jam-puek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHELDAFLE, SHELDAPLE

n.A chaffinch. This word is also written shell-apple.

 

SHELDRAKE

n.An aquatic fowl of the duck kind, the Anas tadorna. It has a greenish black head, and its body is variegated with white.

 

SHELDUCK

n.A species of wild duck.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHELD

Sheld, a. Etym: [OE. , fr. sheld a shield, probably in allusion to the ornamentation of shields. See Shield. ]

 

Defn: Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

SHELDAFLE; SHELDAPLE

Sheld "a *fle, Sheld "a *ple, n. Etym: [Perhaps for sheld dapple. Cf. Sheldrake. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A chaffinch. [Written also sheldapple, and shellapple. ]

 

SHELDFOWL

SHELDFOWL Sheld "fowl `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The common sheldrake. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

SHELDRAKE

Shel "drake `, n. Etym: [Sheld + drake. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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, or tadorna ), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.

 

Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck, bergander, burrow duck, and links goose.

 

Note: The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja ) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides ) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck (C. rutila ), and the white-winged sheldrake (C. leucoptera ), are related Asiatic species.

 

2. Any one of the American mergansers.

 

Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.

 

SHELDUCK

Shel "duck `, n. Etym: [Sheld variegated + duck. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The sheldrake. [Written also shellduck.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shelduck

shel duck |ˈSHelˌdək ˈʃɛlˌdək |(male also sheldrake |ˈSHelˌdrāk ˈʃɛldreɪk |) ▶noun ( pl. same or shelducks ) a large gooselike Old World duck with brightly colored plumage, typically showing black and white wings in flight. [Genus Tadorna, family Anatidae: several species, in particular T. tadorna of Eurasian coasts, with white, greenish-black, and chestnut plumage. ] ORIGIN early 18th cent.: probably from dialect sheld ‘pied ’ (related to Middle Dutch schillede ‘variegated ’) + duck 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

shelduck

shelduck |ˈʃɛldʌk |(male also sheldrake |-dreɪk |) ▶noun ( pl. same or shelducks ) a large goose-like Old World duck with brightly coloured plumage, typically showing black and white wings in flight. ●Genus Tadorna, family Anatidae: several species, in particular T. tadorna of Eurasian coasts, with white, greenish-black, and chestnut plumage. ORIGIN Middle English (as sheldrake ): probably from dialect sheld ‘pied ’ (related to Middle Dutch schillede ‘variegated ’) + duck 1. The form shelduck dates from the early 18th century.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sheldrake

shel drake /ʃéldrèɪk /名詞 複 ～s, ～C 〘鳥 〙ツクシガモ (の雄 ).

 

shelduck

shel duck /ʃéldʌ̀k /名詞 複 ～s, ～C 〘鳥 〙ツクシガモ (の雌 ).