Definition of Mergus albellus

1. Noun. Smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia.

Exact synonyms: Smew
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mergus Albellus

Mercurialis
Mercurialis annua
Mercurialis perennis
Mercurian
Mercury
Mercury program
Mercy
Meredith
Meredithian
Meregate
Merendino's technique
Mereon
Mergenthaler
Merginae
Mergus
Mergus albellus (current term)
Mergus merganser
Mergus merganser americanus
Mergus serrator
Meri
Meriam
Merida
Meridiani Planum
Meridith
Meriones
Meriones longifrons
Meriones unguiculatus
Merionethshire
Meriwether Lewis
Merkel

Literary usage of Mergus albellus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Mergus albellus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 887. Smew or White Nun. ... Mergus albellus. Bonap. Comp. List. 59. Male with the bill shorter than the head, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"109 (1844) (=Anas clangula x Mergus albellus); Degl. fy in Mecklenb. 1875,pp. 145-146; lì. Blas. MT.orn. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. ..."

3. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"SMALL GREY GOOSE.—A name for the Bean Goose. SMEW (Mergus albellus ... Mergus albellus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 547. 5.—Lath. Iml. Orn. 2. p. 831. 6— Wile. Amer. ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean Museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Mergus albellus, Linn.—The same, f.—The Lough-Diver,Bewick. Shot near Sandford, Oxon, 1826. [JS Duncan. IA Latin name for sea birds, probably from mergo, ..."

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