|
Definition of Sea duck
1. Noun. Any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser.
Specialized synonyms: Eider, Eider Duck, Scooter, Scoter, Clangula Hyemalis, Old Squaw, Oldwife, Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake
Definition of Sea duck
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of seaduck) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea duck
1.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Duck
Literary usage of Sea duck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"SEA-DUCK. Bill about the length of the head or shorter, higher than broad at the
base, depressed toward the end, the margins parallel, slightly dilated ..."
2. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1889)
"I saw here a sea duck which lays in rabbits' burrows, from which they are call'd
burrow ducks, and are something like the shell drake. ..."
3. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"I saw here a sea duck which lays in rabbits' burrows, from which they are call'd
burrow ducks, and are something like the shell drake. ..."
4. Our Feathered Game: A Handbook of the North American Game Birds by Dwight Williams Huntington (1903)
"... XXV SEA-DUCK SHOOTING THE sea-ducks and the geese and brant, which are shot
often from the same blind, are well protected by heavy plumage. ..."
5. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"This fine sea duck belongs to the Old World. It is a winter visitant on the coasts
of England; a few specimens have been obtained at different times in the ..."