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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 aˈdɔʁno] ; 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 an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adorno family, Italian...
- Palazzo Adorno may refer to: Palazzo Botta Adorno, neoclassical palace in Pavia, Italy Palazzo Cattaneo-Adorno, mannerist palace in Genoa, Italy Adorno (surname)...
- Significant figures ****ociated with the school include Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Erich Fromm, Wilhelm Reich, Herbert Marcuse, and Jürgen...
- Francis Adorno (1531 – January 13, 1586) was a celebrated Italian preacher. Adorno was a member of the family of the last Doge of Genoa, and was born three...
- Antoniotto Adorno may refer to the following: Antoniotto I Adorno (1340–1398), Doge of the Republic of Genoa (1378, 1384–1390, 1391–1392, 1394–1396) Antoniotto...
- The Adorno family was a noble family of the Republic of Genoa, with the branches of Botta in Milan, several of whom were Doges of the republic. The family...
- The Palazzo Botta or Botta Adorno is a Neoclassical-style palace with a long facade along Via Lanfranco and Piazza Botta Adorno Antoniotto in the town of...
- (German: Kulturindustrie) was coined by the critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), and was presented as critical...
- Margarete "Gretel" Adorno (/əˈdɔːrnoʊ/ ə-DOR-noh; German: [aˈdɔʁno]; née Karplus; 10 June 1902 – 16 July 1993) was a German chemist and intellectual figure...