Sheldrake (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Merganser
• Fish Duck
• Sawbill

Hypernyms

• Sea Duck

Hyponyms

• Mergus Merganser Americanus
• Smew
• Hooded Merganser
• Mergus Merganser
• Mergus Albellus
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Mergus Serrator
• Hooded Sheldrake
• Goosander
• American Merganser
• Lophodytes Cucullatus

Meaning ²

Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.