Definition of merganser Merganser
mer•gan•ser
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What does merganser mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: mergansers |
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| merganser - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | ||
| fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake | ||
| sea duck any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser | ||
| genus mergus, mergus mergansers | ||
| goosander, mergus merganser common merganser of Europe and North America | ||
| american merganser, mergus merganser americanus common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander | ||
| mergus serrator, red-breasted merganser widely distributed merganser of America and Europe | ||
| mergus albellus, smew smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia | ||
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Wiktionary 
- merganser (Noun)
Any of various diving duck s of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- merganser (n.)
Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
Part of speech
🔤- merganser, noun, singular of mergansers.
