merganser

mer·gan·ser  (mr-gnsr)

n.

Any of various fish-eating diving ducks of the genus Mergus or related genera, having a slim hooked bill. Also called sheldrake.

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[New Latin : Latin mergus, diver (from mergere, to plunge) + Latin nser, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]

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merganser [mer-gan-ser]

Noun

pl -sers or -ser a large crested marine diving duck [Latin mergere to plunge + anser goose]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

merganser - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake sea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser genus Mergus, Mergus - mergansers 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