Definition of Mergus serrator

1. Noun. Widely distributed merganser of America and Europe.

Exact synonyms: Red-breasted Merganser
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mergus Serrator

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

Literary usage of Mergus serrator

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

1. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"It is an active diver, and subsists by fishing. Mergus serrator—LINN. ... Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator, And. Specific Character—Forehead high, ..."

2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"Mergus serrator. THE RED-BREASTED MERGANSER is a species that breeds annually in some parts of Scotland and Ireland; though by far the larger portion of the ..."

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