shelduck

noun shel·duck \-ˌdək\

Definition of SHELDUCK

: any of various Old World ducks (genus Tadorna); especially : a common mostly black-and-white duck (T. tadorna) slightly larger than the mallard

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Origin of SHELDUCK

shel- (as in sheldrake) + duck

First Known Use: 1707

Rhymes with SHELDUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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