merganser

mer·gan·ser

M0228800 (mər-găn′sər)n. Any of various fish-eating diving ducks primarily of the genus Mergus, having a slim hooked bill. Also called sheldrake.

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[New Latin : Latin mergus, diver (from mergere, to plunge) + Latin ānser, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]

merganser

(mɜːˈɡænsə) n, pl -sers or -ser (Animals) any of several typically crested large marine diving ducks of the genus Mergus, having a long slender hooked bill with serrated edges. Also called: sawbill See also goosander[C18: from New Latin, from Latin mergus waterfowl, from mergere to plunge + anser goose]

mer•gan•ser

(mərˈgæn sər)

n., pl. -sers, (esp. collectively) -ser. any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the genera Mergus and Lophodytes, having a narrow bill serrated at the edges. Also called goosander. [1745–55; < New Latin, = Latin merg(us) kind of aquatic bird (compare mergere to plunge, immerse) + ānser goose]

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merganser - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edgesfish duck, sawbill, sheldrakesea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; mergansergenus Mergus, Mergus - mergansersgoosander, Mergus merganser - common merganser of Europe and North AmericaAmerican merganser, Mergus merganser americanus - common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosanderMergus serrator, red-breasted merganser - widely distributed merganser of America and EuropeMergus albellus, smew - smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasiahooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus - small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head

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