SHELDUCK

shelduck

(noun) female sheldrake

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)

Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.

Source: Wiktionary


Shel"duck`, n. Etym: [Sheld variegated + duck.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The sheldrake. [Written also shellduck.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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