sea duck

sea duck

n.

Any of various diving ducks, such as the eider or scoter, of coastal areas.

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sea duck

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large diving ducks, such as the eider and the scoter, that occur along coasts

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs eider, eider duck - duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females scoter, scooter - large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere Clangula hyemalis, old squaw, oldwife - a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges