Noun: hooded sheldrake
- Small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
"The male hooded sheldrake raised its distinctive white crest in display";
- hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
Derived forms: hooded sheldrakes
Type of: fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake
Part of: genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes