merganser

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Any of various diving ducks of the genus Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill
They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill
Any of various diving ducks of the genus Mergus, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill
or fish duck Any species of the diving duck genus Mergus. Essentially freshwater birds, they are classified as a sea duck (tribe Mergini). Mergansers have a long body and a narrow, serrated, hooked bill for catching fish. The males of all but the common merganser, or goosander (M. merganser), are crested. The common merganser, the hooded merganser (M. cucullatus), the red-breasted merganser (M. serrator), and the smew (M. albellus), a small, compact merganser with a short bill, live in northern regions; the only southern species is the Brazilian merganser (M. octosetaceus). Mergansers are called trash ducks because their flesh is rank. See also shelduck
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
{i} any of several types of fish-eating duck that have a narrow bill that is hooked at the tip
Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera
sheldrake
red-breasted merganser
a species of diving duck
scaly-sided merganser
Mergus squamatus, an endangered species of merganser found in eastern Asia
A merganser
sawneb
The merganser
jacksaw
The merganser
sawbill
american merganser
common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
hooded merganser
small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
mergansers
plural of merganser
mergansers
mergus
red-breasted merganser
widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
merganser

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    mer·gan·ser

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    Etymology

    [ (")m&r-'gan(t)-s&r ] (noun.) 1752. New Latin, from Latin mergus, a waterfowl + anser goose; more at GOOSE.
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