common merganser

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common merganser

noun common mergansers

  1. A merganser (Mergus merganser) of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers. As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre. The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,

    Similar: goosander, Mergus americanus

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noun diving duck

Españolserreta, serreta grande
DeutschSäger, Sägetaucher, Gänsesäger
Românăferestraș mare
Русскийкроха́ль kroxálʹ, большо́й кроха́ль bolʹšój kroxálʹ

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@misc{common_merganser_2026,
  title = {common merganser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/common%20merganser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}