Any of a group of large Holarctic diving ducks of the genus Mergus, having a long, narrow, serrated bill hooked at the tip. Cf. sawbill, n. a.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) (29) merganser1668 Any of a group of large Holarctic diving ducks of the genus Mergus, having a long, narrow, serrated bill hooked at the tip. Cf. sawbill, n. a. sawbill1763 A name applied to various birds with serrated bills. The mergansers (also sawbill diver or sawbill duck). fisherman-diver1885 the merganser. Subcategories:— mergus albellus (smew) (12) — mergus cucullatus (hooded merganser) (3) — mergus merganser (goosander) (5) — mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser) (6) |
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