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hooded merganser

noun

small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head

• Syn: ↑hooded sheldrake, ↑Lophodytes cucullatus

• Hypernyms: ↑merganser, ↑fish duck, ↑sawbill, ↑sheldrake

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lophodytes, ↑genus Lophodytes

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noun or hooded sheldrake

: a small No. American merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) having a high vertical nearly circular crest on the head of the adult male

Useful english dictionary. 2012.