Sentence example with the word 'sheldrake'

sheldrake

Definition n. large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

Last update: October 24, 2015


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Pigeons, partridges, quail, plover, duck, teal, sheldrake, widgeon - all of many varieties - complete the list of small game.   [Please select]

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, Commissioner of Customs _Casarca casarca_ (ruddy sheldrake) Caverns Central Asia Central Asian plateau _Cervus macneilli_ Chair-coolies Chairs, description of Chang, Dr.   [Please select]

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There were geese, barrel-headed and black-backed, teal, widgeon, mallard, and sheldrake, with curlews, and here and there a flamingo.   [Please select]

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Or that I can dive down at one side of a Highland loch and come up at the other like a sheldrake.   [Please select]

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In the case of the sheldrake, the exaggerated size may be an effect of strong sunlight on a flying white object.   [Please select]

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In America the name "sheldrake" is applied erroneously to the fish-eating mergansers, and much confusion has thus arisen, for the two are quite unrelated and belong to perfectly distinct groups.   [Please select]

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