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ruddy shelduck

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A migratory duck, Tadorna ferruginea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Brahminy duck, red goose

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կարմիր բադ (karmir bad) — duck
  • Assamese: চাকৈ-চকোৱা (sakoi-soküa) — duck
  • Assamese: চকোৱা (soküa) — duck
  • Azerbaijani: anqut — duck
  • Bengali: খয়রা চকাচকি (khoẏora cokacoki) — duck
  • Burmese: ဟင်္သာ (hangsa) — duck
  • Catalan: ànec canyella — duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赤麻鴨 /赤麻鸭 (chìmáyā) — duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃鴨 /黄鸭 (huángyā) — duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃鳧 /黄凫 (huángfú) — duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瀆鳧 /渎凫 (dúfú) — duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅雁 /红雁 (hóngyàn) — duck
  • Czech: husice rezavá — duck
  • Danish: rustand — duck
  • Dutch: casarca — duck
  • Faroese: royðuont — duck
  • Finnish: ruostesorsa — duck
  • Georgian: წითელი იხვი (c̣iteli ixvi) — duck
  • Hindi: हंस (hans) — duck
  • Hindi: चकवा (cakvā) — duck
  • Hindi: चक्रवाक (cakravāk) — duck
  • Hindi: चर्ख़ाब (carxāb) — duck
  • Hindi: सुर्ख़ाब (surxāb) — duck
  • Hungarian: vörös ásólúd — duck
  • Icelandic: ryðönd — duck
  • Italian: casarca — duck
  • Japanese: アカツクシガモ (akatsukushigamo) — duck
  • Kashmiri: ژَکَو (ċakav) — duck
  • Kazakh: қызыл үйрек (qyzyl üirek) — duck
  • Korean: 황오리 (hwang'ori) — duck
  • Malayalam: തങ്കത്താറാവ് (taṅkattāṟāvŭ) — duck
  • Malayalam: ചക്രവാകം (cakravākaṁ) — duck
  • Maltese: kuluvert aħmar — duck
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠨᠳᠣᠨ ᠠᠩᠬᠢᠷ (qondon angqir) — duck
  • Nepali: चखेवाचखेवी (cakhevācakhevī) — duck
  • Persian: سرخاب (sorxâb) — duck
  • Persian: چرخاب (čarxâb) — duck
  • Polish: kazarka rdzawa — duck
  • Portuguese: pato-ferrugíneo — duck
  • Romanian: călifar roșu — duck
  • Russian: о́гарь (ógarʹ) — duck
  • Russian: кра́сная у́тка (krásnaja útka) — duck
  • Sanskrit: चक्रवाक (cakravāka) — duck
  • Shan: ႁင်းသႃႇ (háng sàa) — duck
  • Spanish: tarro canelo — duck
  • Swedish: rostand — duck
  • Telugu: చక్రవాకము (cakravākamu) — duck
  • Thai: เป็ดพม่า (pèt pha-mâa) — duck
  • Turkish: angut — duck
  • Ukrainian: огар (ohar) — duck
  • Urdu: سرخاب (surxāb) — duck
  • Urdu: چرخاب (carxāb) — duck
  • Urdu: چکوا (cakvā) — duck
  • Vietnamese: vịt vàng — duck