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Merginae
(redirected from Seaduck)

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Noun1.Merginae - mergansers and closely related diving birdsMerginae - mergansers and closely related diving birds
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Anatidae, family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
genus Mergus, Mergus - mergansers
genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes - a genus of Merginae


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The UK breeding population of this mall diving seaduck has substantially declined and it is now on the RSPB conservation red list.
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