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Noun: merganser  mur'gansu(r)
  1. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
    - fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake

Derived forms: mergansers

Type of: sea duck

Part of: genus Mergus, Mergus

Encyclopedia: Merganser