Etymology of Shelduck

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Subject:	Etymology of Shelduck
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Date:	Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:32:03 +0000

>From an old English word 'sheld' meaning variegated.

Lockwood, Oxford Dictionary of English Birdnames

John Leonard


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