sheldrake
noun
any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
sheldrakes
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pluralof sheldrake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lo, the black swan, paddling slowly, Pintail ducks, and sheldrakes holy, Nile-goose flaked, and herons gray, Silver-voiced at fall of day!
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
There are no cranes or sheldrakes and, except for a few flocks of mallards which feed in the rice fields, we saw no other ducks or geese.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews
Here one day I saw about a dozen sheldrakes in the midst of an immense congregation of rooks, daws, and starlings feeding among some cows.
From Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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
This little comedy over, I visited the water-fowl, ducks of many kinds, sheldrakes, geese from many lands, swans black, and swans white.
From Birds in Town and Village by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
