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Siwash duck
B.C.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a common duck, Clangula hyemalis, of the northern hemisphere.
See: old squaw (duck)
Quotations
1956
Old Squaw [is also called] Siwash, Siwash duck (For the Siwash Indians, B.C.). . . .
2
a scoter, Melonitta sp. or Oidemia nigra.
Quotations
1959
White-winged Scoter [is also called] Siwash, Siwash duck (Eaten by the Siwash Indians, so named for them. B.C.). . . .
1966
It is a rare occurrence for a Siwash duck, as the species [surf scoter] is commonly called, to be found on such a shoreline. . . .