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Webster 1913 Edition
Smew
Smew
,Noun.
[Perhaps for
ice-mew
.] (Zool.)
(a)
small European merganser (
Mergus albellus
) which has a white crest; – called also smee
, smee duck
, white merganser
, and white nun
. (b)
The hooded merganser.
[Local, U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Smew
SMEW
,Noun.
Definition 2024
smew
smew
English
Mergellus albellus, a smew.
Noun
smew (plural smews)
- 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.
Translations
Mergus albellus