Definition of Sea duck

1. Noun. Any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser.


Definition of Sea duck

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of seaduck) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea duck

1. Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Duck

sea dace
sea daffodil
sea daffodils
sea dahlia
sea day
sea devil
sea devils
sea dog
sea dogs
sea dotterel
sea dove
sea dragon
sea dragons
sea drake
sea drakes
sea duck (current term)
sea ducks
sea eagle
sea eagles
sea eel
sea egg
sea elephant
sea eryngium
sea fan
sea fans
sea feather
sea fennel
sea fern
sea fir
sea flewer

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 ..."

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