merganser

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A brood of the goosander or red merganser, the young not yet able to fly, were the occasion of some spirited rowing.

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  1. noun Any of various fish-eating diving ducks of the genus Mergus or related genera, having a slim hooked bill. Also called sheldrake.

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  • A male merganser, red of neck and of temper, chased off a rival for the affections of the female merganser at his side. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • Many ducks including bufflehead, common merganser, common goldeneye, and lesser scaup can be observed along the Link River and Lake Ewauna.
  • Her acrylic rendering of a drake hooded merganser a year ago finished in the top 10 in judging for the national junior duck stamp competition after winning the Ohio round of judging.
  • Other than that, there were a few common merganser males. —  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)
  • Labels: birding, birds, cormorant, Cougar Creek, ducks, merganser, snow, Tim Horton's, widgeon, winter —  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)
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  1. New Latin : Latin mergus, diver (from mergere, to plunge) + Latin ānser, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin (later Spanish mergansar), from Latin mergus, a diver (water-fowl), + anser, goose: see Mergus and Anser.
 

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