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Definition of Smew

Smew
Smew Smew, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo["o]l.) (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.]

Meaning of Smew from wikipedia

- The smew (Mergellus albellus) is a species of duck and is the only living member of the genus Mergellus. Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus...
- latitudes. The fish-eating members of this group, such as the mergansers and smew, have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey and are...
- (Aythya marila), a mid-sized diving duck JPL · 8438 8439 Albellus 2034 T-2 Smew (Mergellus albellus), a species of duck JPL · 8439 8440 Wigeon 1017 T-3 Wigeon...
- Hooded mergansers are the second-smallest species of merganser, with only the smew of Europe and Asia being smaller, and it also is the only merganser whose...
- of this genus but is closely related. The other "aberrant" merganser, the smew (Mergellus albellus), is phylogenetically closer to goldeneyes (Bucephala)...
- seabirds in general. The scientific name Gavia was the Latin term for the smew (Mergellus albellus). This small sea-duck is quite unrelated to loons and...
- scream, square, spew, student, skewer /s/ plus nasal plus approximant: /smj/ smew /s/ plus voiceless non-sibilant fricative plus approximant: /sfr/ sphragistics...
- Mergellus is a genus of duck. The smew (Mergellus albellus) is the only living species, but an extinct species known as Mergellus mochanovi has also been...
- long-tailed duck (1 species) Bucephala, goldeneyes (3 species) Mergellus, smew Lophodytes, hooded merganser Mergus, mergansers (4 living species, 1 extinct)...
- Boie 1822 (scoters) Genus Bucephala Baird 1858 Genus Mergellus Selby 1840 (Smew) Genus Lophodytes (Linnaeus 1758) Reichenbach 1853 (hooded merganser) Genus...