| NOUN | animal | Merginae, subfamily Merginae | mergansers and closely related diving birds |
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| Meaning | mergansers and closely related diving birds. | |
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| Synonym | subfamily Merginae | |
| Member of | Anatidae, family Anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip |
| Members | Lophodytes, genus Lophodytes | A genus of Merginae |
| Mergus, genus Mergus | mergansers | |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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