Associations to the word «Sheldrake»

Wiktionary

SHELDRAKE, noun. An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna.
SHELDRAKE, noun. A merganser.
SHELDRAKE, noun. A male shelduck.
SHELDRAKE, proper noun. An English surname​.

Dictionary definition

SHELDRAKE, noun. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
SHELDRAKE, noun. Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats