Skeelgoose
Tadorna cornuta.
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Tadorna cornuta. Cf. skelduck, skeeling-goose.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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Written burrough N.I.1; borrow Cum. The common sheldrake, Tadorna cornuta. Cf. burranet.
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(US, dialect) The long-tailed duck.
- barnacle54%
Bernicla brenta, the brent goose (Irel.) ; (2) B. leucopsis (Sh. & Or.I.) ; (3) Sula bassana, the solar goose or gannet (Suf.).
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The ruddy duck.
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(US, dialect) The long-tailed duck.