HyperDic: subfamily_merginae

English > 1 sense of the expression subfamily Merginae:
NOUNanimalsubfamily Merginae, Merginaemergansers and closely related diving birds
English > subfamily Merginae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmergansers and closely related diving birds.
SynonymMerginae
Member ofAnatidae, family Anatidaeswimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip
MembersLophodytes, genus LophodytesA genus of Merginae
Mergus, genus Mergusmergansers
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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