FromMiddle Englishsheld-(“parti-colored”) (akin toMiddle Dutchshillede) +drake(“male duck”).

sheldrake (pluralsheldrakes)

1. AnOld Worldduck of the genusTadorna (shelducks).

   Synonym:vulpanser

   1. Amaleshelduck.
2. Amerganser.
3. Thecall sign for anartilleryofficer.

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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