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  • 1. merganser
  • Merganser in a sentence
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  • 1. merganser
  • Merganser in a sentence
Synonyms
Etymology

1. merganser

noun. large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.

Synonyms

  • sawbill
  • smew
  • Mergus serrator
  • Mergus merganser
  • Mergus
  • hooded sheldrake
  • Mergus albellus
  • American merganser
  • Lophodytes cucullatus
  • red-breasted merganser
  • sea duck
  • hooded merganser
  • sheldrake
  • genus Mergus
  • Mergus merganser americanus
  • goosander

Etymology

  • mergus (Latin)
  • mergo (Latin)

Sentences with merganser


1. Noun, singular or mass
The hooded merganser, with its black and white frilled head, and the cormorant, a medium-to-large seabird, migrate in from the north pursuing West Virginia’s diverse fish population.

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