shelduck

shelduck
[ˈʃɛldʌk]
(复同单,或 shelducks)
  1. a large goose-like Old World duck with brightly coloured plumage, typically showing black and white wings in flight
    麻鸭,翘鼻麻鸭
  2. Genus Tadorna, family Anatidae: several species, in particular T. tadorna of Eurasian coasts, with white, greenish-black, and chestnut plumage
    麻鸭属,鸭科:数种,尤指欧亚沿海的翘鼻麻鸭,羽毛呈白、墨绿和 栗色
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: probably from dialect sheld 'pied' (related to Middle Dutch schillede 'variegated') + duck. The form shelduck dates from Middle English
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