Smew

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smew
       n : smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern
           Eurasia [syn: {Mergus albellus}]