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noun
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea duck
Narrower terms: goosander, Mergus merganser, American merganser, Mergus merganser americanus, red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator, smew, Mergus albellus, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus
History
From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).
Across languages
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