AMERICAN MERGANSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American merganser mean? 

• AMERICAN MERGANSER (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN MERGANSER has 1 sense:

1. common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN MERGANSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American merganser; Mergus merganser americanus

Hypernyms ("American 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 ("American merganser" is a member of...):

genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)