Pronunciation : Smew
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo?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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913