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)
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