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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red-breasted merganser mean?
• RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (noun)
The noun RED-BREASTED MERGANSER has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
Familiarity information: RED-BREASTED MERGANSER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Mergus serrator; red-breasted merganser
Hypernyms ("red-breasted merganser" is a kind of...):
fish duck; merganser; sawbill; sheldrake (large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges)
Holonyms ("red-breasted merganser" is a member of...):
genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)
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