genus Mergus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Mergus - mergansers Mergusbird genus - a genus of birdsMerginae, subfamily Merginae - mergansers and closely related diving birdsfish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edgesgoosander, 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 Eurasia