Smew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small Old World merganser (Mergus albellus), the male of which has white and black plumage and a white crest.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small compact diving duck, Mergus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.
  • n. The hooded merganser.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small merganser or fishing-duck, Mergellus albellus, the white nun, or smee, of the family Anatidæ and subfamily Merginæ, inhabiting northerly parts of the eastern hemisphere.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fish duck    sheldrake    merganser    sawbill   
    Cross Reference
    hooded smew   
    Variant
    smee    smee duck    white merganser    white nun   
     
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