sea duck

noun

: a diving duck (such as a scoter, merganser, or eider) that frequents the sea

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The Ledge, by Lawrence Sargent Hall, is one of Maine’s most famous short stories and was written about the true tale of a salty old fisherman who took his son, 13, and his nephew, 15, sea duck hunting on Christmas Day. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025 Yes, there are tree ducks like black-bellied whistling ducks, and sea ducks like surf scoters. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023 Divers and sea ducks should be skinned and their fat should be removed. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Aug. 2023 During a stroll along the central pond, guests can marvel at great blue herons, cormorants, and the peculiar-looking Florida softshell turtle, while the sparkling waters just past the park are a haven for sea ducks, saltwater fish, and, of course, Florida’s native manatees. Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023 In 1999, about 110 king eiders, a type of large sea duck, were found dead on Baffin Island in Canada. Megan Marples, CNN, 18 Feb. 2022 Unalaska Island reported 44 kinds of birds, including 623 black scoters, a large sea duck. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022 Berlin started looking into the problem and built the sea duck program at the refuge from the ground up. Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 20 May 2021 Marine birds also included mallards, common scoters (a large sea duck), geese, cormorants, gannets, shags, auks, egrets and loons. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sea duck was in 1753

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“Sea duck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20duck. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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