Merganser

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various fish-eating diving ducks of the genus Mergus or related genera, having a slim hooked bill. Also called sheldrake.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any bird of the genus Mergus (Merganser), and allied genera of the subfamily Merginae. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill, eat fish, and dive for food. Also called fish duck.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bird of the genus Mergus or subfamily Merginǣ; family Anatidæ; a sawbill, garbill, or fishing-duck.
  • n. [capitalized] A genus of Merginæ same as Mergus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sea duck   
    Cross Reference
    white merganser   
    Variant
    fish duck   
     
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