Definition of "smew" []

• A small Old World merganser (Mergus albellus), the male of which has white and black plumage and a white crest. (noun)

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• "My next stop, Cheddar reservoir, produced more ducks: a female smew and a pair of ruddy ducks among them."
• ""Gavia" is Latin for sea smew or duck, and "immer" has two possible sources."
• "When busy with birdlife, more than 23,000 birds, including 28 species of wildfowl, have been recorded here - including rare types such as scaup, smew, long-tailed duck, scoter and Bewick's swan."