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Webster 1913 Edition
Golden-eye
Gold′en-eyeˊ
(gōld′’n-ī)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
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 (Glaucionetta Islandica
) is less common.