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What (who) is Smew - definition
SPECIES OF BIRD
Mergellus albellus; Mergus albellus; White Merganser; Smew duck
![''Mergellus albellus'' - [[MHNT]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mergellus albellus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.33.1.jpg?width=200 "''Mergellus albellus'' - [[MHNT]]")
Smew
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Smew ·noun small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest;
- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.
smew
[smju:]
¦ noun a small migratory merganser (duck) of northern Eurasia, the male of which has white plumage with a crest and fine black markings. [Mergus albellus.]
Origin
C17: obscurely related to Du. smient 'wigeon' and Ger. Schmeiente 'small wild duck'.
smew
n.
(Ornith.) White-nun, vare-widgeon, smee (Mergus albellus).
Wikipedia
Smew
The smew (Mergellus albellus) is a species of duck and is the only living member of the genus Mergellus. Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus is from Latin albus "white". This genus is closely related to Mergus and is sometimes included in it, though it might be closer to the goldeneyes (Bucephala). The smew has hybridized with the common goldeneye (B. clangula).
A seaduck fossil from the Middle Miocene shows that birds similar to smew existed up to 13 million years ago. The extant species dates back to the Late Pleistocene.
