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Mergus

noun

mergansers

• Syn: ↑genus Mergus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Merginae, ↑subfamily Merginae

• Member Meronyms:

↑merganser, ↑fish duck, ↑sawbill, ↑sheldrake, ↑goosander, ↑Mergus merganser, ↑American merganser, ↑Mergus merganser americanus, ↑red-breasted merganser, ↑Mergus serrator, ↑smew, ↑Mergus albellus

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\\ˈmərgəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diver (waterfowl), from mergere to dip, plunge — more at merge

: a genus of highly aquatic diving ducks including several typical mergansers having males that are brightly marked and develop an eclipse plumage

Useful english dictionary. 2012.