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MERGANSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merganser mean? 

MERGANSER (noun)
  The noun MERGANSER has 1 sense:

1. large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edgesplay

  Familiarity information: MERGANSER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MERGANSER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fish duck; merganser; sawbill; sheldrake

Hypernyms ("merganser" is a kind of...):

sea duck (any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "merganser"):

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)

hooded merganser; hooded sheldrake; Lophodytes cucullatus (small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head)

Holonyms ("merganser" is a member of...):

genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)


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