HOODED SHELDRAKE

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Meaning:

Small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head

Synonyms:

hooded merganser; hooded sheldrake; Lophodytes cucullatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hooded sheldrake" is a kind of...):

fish duck; merganser; sawbill; sheldrake (large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges)

Holonyms ("hooded sheldrake" is a member of...):

genus Lophodytes; Lophodytes (a genus of Merginae)