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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The ivory gull (
Larus eburneus ).
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Species such as eiders, oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis), common merganser (Mergus merganser), and red-breasted mergansers (M. serrator), are hunted by set seasonal open and closing dates.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Birds visiting the area include Brent goose Branta bernicla, common eider Somateria mollissima, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia.
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The Sawbill or Red-breasted Merganser (_Merganser serrator_).
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The merganser (Mergus serrator) which preys upon small fish, was the first of the duck tribe that appeared; next came the teal (Anas crecca) which lives upon small insects that abound in the waters at this season; and lastly the goose which feeds upon berries and herbage.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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The merganser, (_mergus serrator_,) which preys upon small fish, was the first of the duck tribe that appeared; next came the teal,
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816
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Global climate change has caused some migratory birds previously seen in Turkey, including the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), to shift their routes northward.
TreeHugger 2009
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