fish_duck (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *fish duck*:
NOUN	animal	fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake	large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

English > *fish duck*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
Synonyms	merganser, sawbill, sheldrake
Member of	Mergus, genus Mergus	mergansers
Narrower	American merganser, Mergus merganser americanus	Common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
	goosander, Mergus merganser	Common merganser of Europe and North America
	hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus	small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
	red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator	widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
	smew, Mergus albellus	smallest merganser and most expert diver
Broader	sea duck	Any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast
Spanish	sawbill, serreta
Catalan	sawbill

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