burranetn.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
The Sheldrake.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake)
sheldrakec1325
bergander1544
skeeling-goose1578
scaledrake1600
burranet1602
sheld-fowl?1606
burrow-duck1678
vulpanser1706
shelduck1707
mountain duck1711
sly-goose1776
Brahminy duck1813
paradise duck1813
red goose1848
stock annet1852
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 35 Widgeon, Burranets, Shags, Ducke and Mallard.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 39 Geese, Galls, Burranets, Woodcocks.
1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 125 Burranet, the Shell-drake.
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