smew

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small compact diving duck, Mergellus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.

Similar words

mergus albellus merganser seaduck sea duck hooded merganser goosander common eider sheldduck oldsquaw shellduck

Often followed by

is and was in mergus

Word family

smews