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shelduck
noun
shel·duck
ˈshel-ˌdək 
: 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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The ruddy shelduck, or Tadorna ferruginea, is also known in India as the Brahminy duck, according to The Guardian, which reports the bird winters in southern Asia but breeds in Europe.
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 Feb. 2025
The Venice Prosecutor's Office has opened a probe into the killing of a rare ruddy shelduck that was seen dead in a video featuring President Donald Trumps' eldest son, in December, said La Nuova Venezia.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The carcasses appear to include an orange-brown ruddy shelduck, which is protected under Italian law.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
One of the best known molt migrations in Europe involves the common shelduck.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2018
Shelduck mystery The report and photograph of a European shelduck at Clear Lake, 5,500 miles from its home at the Wadden Sea off Germany, may have been solved.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2017
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 Feb. 2025
The Venice Prosecutor's Office has opened a probe into the killing of a rare ruddy shelduck that was seen dead in a video featuring President Donald Trumps' eldest son, in December, said La Nuova Venezia.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The carcasses appear to include an orange-brown ruddy shelduck, which is protected under Italian law.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
One of the best known molt migrations in Europe involves the common shelduck.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2018
Shelduck mystery The report and photograph of a European shelduck at Clear Lake, 5,500 miles from its home at the Wadden Sea off Germany, may have been solved.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2017
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“Shelduck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelduck. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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