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Any of several dark-colored diving ducks of the genus Melanitta of the Northern Hemisphere.

A large sea-duck of the genus Œdemia, belonging to the subfamily Fuligulinæ, having in the male the plumage black and a red gibbosity of the bill, as Œdemia nigra of Europe.

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genera Oidemia and Melanitta.

large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere