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sheldrake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
shel-drake
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).

noun

An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).

noun

A merganser.

noun

The call sign for an artillery officer.

name

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Etymology

From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sheldrakes (plural) Sheldrick (alternative)

Synonyms

vulpanser merganser fish duck sawbill

Questions

What does sheldrake mean?
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
Where does sheldrake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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