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shovelarda

shovelarda [ME shovelard], spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), shoveller duck. 1499 pro ij duodenis schewlard', prec' capitis xvj d., xxxij s. item pro iiij byttourys ‥ pro ij duodenis ‥ de mallardis Cant. Coll. Ox. III 133; hanc si non vidissem, Anglorum ~am albardeolam esse judicassem Turner Av. C2 (ed. 1903 p. 39–40); πελεκάν, platea, platelea, pelecanus, Anglice a shovelard Ib. H7 (ed. 1903 p. 150).

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