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Definition of Merganser
1. Noun. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
Generic synonyms: Sea Duck
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Specialized synonyms: Goosander, Mergus Merganser, American Merganser, Mergus Merganser Americanus, Mergus Serrator, Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus Albellus, Smew, Hooded Merganser, Hooded Sheldrake, Lophodytes Cucullatus
Definition of Merganser
1. n. Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
Definition of Merganser
1. Noun. Any of various diving ducks of the genus ''Mergus'' or ''Lophodytes'', which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merganser
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Medical Definition of Merganser
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Merganser
Literary usage of Merganser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"Excepting the Smew or White Nun, the Hooded merganser is the handsomest of its
family. Its broad and rounded crest of pure white, with an edging of jetty ..."
2. British Zoology by Thomas Pennant (1818)
"merganser. BILL slender, furnished at the end with a crooked nail; edges of each
mandible ... FKKT, exterior toe longer than the middle. Mergus merganser. ..."
3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"The eggs are smaller than those of the American merganser and of a darker tint,
being yellowish- drab or warm drab ; average size 2.50 x 1.70. ..."
4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1902)
"HOODED merganser. lull narrow, slender, and with terminal part cylindrical, ...
Tin- bonded merganser or saw-bill is widely distribuirli :md often ..."
5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"... landowner becomes entitled to a sum of money charged on the land, the charge
will generally be merged. There is no merger of an estate tail. merganser. ..."
6. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Brown merganser, Arct. ZooL 2. Sup. p. 74. ?/ """; I AM enabled to add this
beautiful species to the list of Hare the British Fauna as a rare visitant, ..."
7. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"RED-BREASTED merganser. RED-BREASTED GOOSANDER. SAWBILL. HARLE. ... THE merganser
is a common bird in Europe—in Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Iceland, ..."
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