merganser noun.
[mǝ:'ganzǝ, -s-] M17.[mod. Latin, from mergus diver + anser goose.]Any of a group of large holarctic diving ducks of the genus
Mergus, with long narrow serrated bills hooked at the tip. Cf.
sawbill s.v.
SAW noun1.
common merganser =
GOOSANDER.
hooded merganser a crested N. American merganser,
Mergus cucullatus.
red-breasted merganser a crested merganser,
Mergus serrator, of N. America and northern Eurasia.
white merganser =
SMEW.
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