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nounEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
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nounadult male of a wild or domestic ducktype of:
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- mandrake the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic
- frobisher English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
- shelduck female sheldrake
- sir martin frobisher English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
- genus tadorna sheldrakes
- tadorna sheldrakes
- golden gate a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake
- mandrake root the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic