Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.]
(Zo["o]l.) (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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |