ˈsea-duck
1. Any duck of the sub-family Fuligulinæ, as the common scoter, Œdemia nigra, and the eider-duck.
| 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Shoveler,..the name of a species of sea-duck. 1861 Coues in Proc. Philad. Acad. 239 Somateria mollissima... Eider Duck. ‘Sea-duck.’ Ibid. 240 They are..known as ‘Sea-ducks’, the males being..distinguished as ‘Sea-drakes’. 1867 T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Birds 506 The Tufted Sea-duck (Fuligula cristata). |
2. A fish, the ‘Bombay duck’.
| 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 351 Twelve Tins of Sardines..and two of Sea-Duck in oil. |