smee

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smee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Smee \Smee\, n. [Cf. Smew.] (Zool.)
     (a) The pintail duck.
     (b) The widgeon.
     (c) The poachard.
     (d) The smew. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Smew \Smew\, n. [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.]
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