Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Golden-eye

Golden-eye (gōld"'n*ī) , noun

(Zoology) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.