A species of duck: the Golden-eye, Clangula glaucion. dialect.

Either of two northern, migratory sea ducks of the genus Bucephala, with black and white plumage and golden-yellow eyes; esp. the common B. clangula…

The golden-eye, Clangula glaucion.

various species of duck, as the golden-eye and the widgeon (cf. whistler, n. 2a).

(a) see quot. 1755; (b) the name of a fish (see quot. 1879); (c) slang (see quot. 1874).

A sea-duck of the genus Clangula; esp. the Golden-eye (C. glaucion). See also harlequin garrot n. at harlequin, n. compounds 3.

A local name for the Golden-eyed Duck.

The goldeneye (duck), Bucephala clangula.

English regional (northern). A bird that feeds on mussels: (a) the Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus; (b) the goldeneye, Bucephala cla…

a name for the golden-eyed duck (goldeneye, n. 1a), from the shrill sound made by its wings in flying.

North American regional (chiefly southern). The goldeneye (duck), Bucephala clangula, of which the male has a mainly greenish-black head and the…

The whistlewing or golden-eye duck, Clangula glaucion. U.S. regional.