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red-breasted merganser

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of diving duck, Mergus serrator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

widely distributed merganser of America and Europe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mergus serrator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merganser, fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bec de serra mitjà — Mergus serrator
  • Catalan: àneda peixatera — Mergus serrator
  • Danish: toppet skallesluger — Mergus serrator
  • Dutch: middelste zaagbek — Mergus serrator
  • Faroese: toppont — Mergus serrator
  • Finnish: tukkakoskelo — Mergus serrator
  • Greenlandic: paaq — Mergus serrator
  • Icelandic: toppönd — Mergus serrator
  • Irish: síolta rua — Mergus serrator
  • Italian: smergo minore — Mergus serrator
  • Korean: 바다비오리 (badabiori) — Mergus serrator
  • Maltese: serra — Mergus serrator
  • Norman: alicracq — Mergus serrator
  • Norman: bé-de-scie — Mergus serrator
  • Polish: szlachar — Mergus serrator
  • Polish: długodziób — Mergus serrator
  • Polish: tracz długodzioby — Mergus serrator
  • Romanian: ferestraș moțat — Mergus serrator
  • Russian: сре́дний кроха́ль (srédnij kroxálʹ) — Mergus serrator
  • Russian: длинноно́сый кроха́ль (dlinnonósyj kroxálʹ) — Mergus serrator
  • Northern Sami: vuoktagoalsi — Mergus serrator
  • Swedish: småskrake — Mergus serrator
  • Swedish: pracka — Mergus serrator
  • Tanacross: tsoth — Mergus serrator
  • Venetan: séroła — Mergus serrator