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Casarca tadornoides
Sheldrake Shel"drake`, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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, or tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck, bergander, burrow duck, and links goose. Note: The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck (C. rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake (C. leucoptera), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.

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- Theodor W. Adorno (/əˈdɔːrnoʊ/ ə-DOR-noh; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ʔaˈdɔʁno] ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German...
- Look up Adorno or adorno in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adorno is a surname. Adorno family, Italian noble family of Republic of Genoa, Italy Notable...
- late 14th century. Lanfranco Adorno, grandfather of Gabriele Adorno. Daniele Adorno, father of Gabriele Adorno Gabriele Adorno (1320-1398), the 4th Doge...
- Gretel Adorno (born Margarete Karplus; 10 June 1902 – 16 July 1993) was a German chemist and intellectual figure within the Frankfurt School of critical...
- Significant figures ****ociated with the school include Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Wilhelm Reich, Herbert Marcuse, and Jürgen Habermas. The...
- Palazzo Adorno may refer to: Palazzo Botta Adorno, neoclassical palace in Pavia, Italy Palazzo Cattaneo-Adorno, mannerist palace in Genoa, Italy Adorno (disambiguation)...
- Barnaba Adorno (Genoa, 1385 - Genoa, 1459) was the 30th Doge of the Republic of Genoa. Born in Genoa around 1385, he was the nephew of the former Doges...
- Omar Adorno (born 1 August 1972) is a Puerto Rican boxer. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon...
- (German: Kulturindustrie) was coined by the critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), and was presented as critical...
- Leben) is a 1951 critical theory book by German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. Adorno started writing it during World War II, in 1944, while he lived as an...