SMEW

smew. Smew, n. the english name of the bird mergus

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Smew (?), n. [[Perhaps for ice-mew.]] (Zoöl.) (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.