Merganser
/məˈɡænsə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
- 2 large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges wordnet
Etymology
From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).