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Merganser

//məˈɡænsə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
  2. 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”).

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