sheldgoose

English

Etymology

From obsolete/dialectal sheld (“variegated”) + goose.

Noun

sheldgoose (plural sheldgeese)

  1. Any of several larger bird species in the subfamily Tadorninae of the duck family Anatidae.

See also

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