HyperDic: genus_mergus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Mergus:
NOUNanimalgenus Mergus, Mergusmergansers
English > genus Mergus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmergansers.
SynonymMergus
Member ofMerginae, subfamily Merginaemergansers and closely related diving birds
MembersAmerican merganser, Mergus merganser americanusCommon North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
goosander, Mergus merganserCommon merganser of Europe and North America
merganser, fish duck, sawbill, sheldrakelarge crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
red-breasted merganser, Mergus serratorwidely distributed merganser of America and Europe
smew, Mergus albellussmallest merganser and most expert diver
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds
Spanishgénero Mergus, genus mergus, mergus, Mergus
Catalangenus mergus, mergus

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