merganser

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Etymology

From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɡænsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɚˈɡænsɚ/
• Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ)

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Noun

merganser (plural mergansers)

1. Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.

Synonyms

• (Eurasian) goosander, Mergus merganser

Derived terms

• Brazilian merganser, Mergus octosetaceus
• common merganser, Mergus merganser
• hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
• red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
• scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus
• †Auckland merganser (also Auckland Islands merganser), Mergus australis (extinct)

Translations

diving duck

Bulgarian: голям потапник m (goljam potapnik) Catalan: bec de serra m Chinese: Mandarin: 秋沙鴨 / 秋沙鸭 (zh) (qiūshāyā) Czech: morčák (cs) Dutch: zaagbek (nl) Esperanto: merĝo Finnish: koskelo (fi) French: harle (fr) m German: Säger (de) m (Mergus), Sägetaucher m (Mergus), Gänsesäger m (Mergus merganser), Dunkelsäger m (Mergus octosetaceus), Schuppensäger m (Mergus squamatus), Kappensäger m (Mergus cucullatus), Mittelsäger m (Mergus serrator), Aucklandsäger m (Mergus australis, extinct) Hungarian: bukómadár (hu), bukó (hu) Ingrian: koskelo Irish: síolta f Japanese: 秋沙 (aisa) Korean: 비오리 (biori) Navajo: naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí Nivkh: иғӈа (iγŋa) Polish: nurogęś (pl) f Portuguese: merganso m Russian: кроха́ль (ru) m (kroxálʹ), большо́й кроха́ль m (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (Mergus merganser) Spanish: serreta (es) f (Mergus), serreta grande f (Mergus merganser) Swedish: skrake Turkish: tarakdiş (tr) Volapük: märgut Welsh: hwyadwydd f

See also

• smew, Mergellus albellus (also sometimes Mergus albellus)