Bible Dictionaries
Sheldrake

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any one of the American mergansers.

(2):

(n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sheldrake'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sheldrake.html. 1828.