Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)