sheldrakes
- plural of sheldrake.
Example Sentences
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Over at the fresh-water loch of Harray, too, several teals and sheldrakes were taken.
From The Pilots of Pomona by Leighton, Robert
The sheldrakes glowed like molten gold when the sun found them in the grass, and we could not have killed the beautiful birds even had we needed them for food.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman
Swarms of sheldrakes were perching in the trees, and, as we approached, they rose with a loud noise, flying up and down the lagoon, and circling in the air around us.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
We saw a few wood-ducks, sheldrakes, and black ducks, but they were not so numerous there at that season as on our river at home.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
There are such a multitude of swans, geese, brants, sheldrakes, ducks of several sorts, mallard, teal, blewings, and many other kinds of water fowl, that the plenty of them is incredible.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert
