shelduck
/ˈʃeldʌk/noun
(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。
1.1
- 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。
词源
early 18th cent.: probably from dialect sheld 'pied' （related to Middle Dutch schillede 'variegated'） + DUCK1. The term sheldrake dates from Middle English.