pied sheldrake
US regional (north-east. )
noun
The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), Congregationalist minister in America and historian.
- pectiniform
- pectinirhomb
- pectinmethylesterase
- pectinoid
- pectinolytic
- pectinous
- pectolite
- pectolytic
- pectoral
- pectoral cross
- pectoral fin
- pectoral girdle
- pectoralis
- pectoralis major
- pectoralis minor
- pectorally
- pectoral muscle
- pectoral quail
- pectoral ridge
- pectoral sandpiper
- pectoriloquy
- pectose
- pectosic
- pectuncle
- pectunculate