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