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Siwash duck B.C.

• 1 a common duck, Clangula hyemalis, of the northern hemisphere.

  See also: old squaw (duck)  

  • 1956  Old Squaw [is also called] Siwash, Siwash duck (For the Siwash Indians, B.C.). . . .

• 2 a scoter, Melonitta sp. or Oidemia nigra.

  • 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. . . .