merganser

English - Turkish

Definition of merganser in English Turkish dictionary

ördek

testeregagalı ördek

(isim) testeregagalı ördek

Mergus merganser

testere gagalı ördek

Related Terms

sheldrake

hanımördeği

sheldrake

testeregagalı ördek

sheldrake

(isim) al kuşaklı ördek

sheldrake

kuşaklı ördek

sheldrake

{i} al kuşaklı ördek

sheldrake

suna

sheldrake

Mergus merganser

sheldrake

Tadorna tadorna

English - English

Definition of merganser in English English dictionary

Any of various diving ducks of the genus Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill

They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill

Any of various diving ducks of the genus Mergus, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill

or fish duck Any species of the diving duck genus Mergus. Essentially freshwater birds, they are classified as a sea duck (tribe Mergini). Mergansers have a long body and a narrow, serrated, hooked bill for catching fish. The males of all but the common merganser, or goosander (M. merganser), are crested. The common merganser, the hooded merganser (M. cucullatus), the red-breasted merganser (M. serrator), and the smew (M. albellus), a small, compact merganser with a short bill, live in northern regions; the only southern species is the Brazilian merganser (M. octosetaceus). Mergansers are called trash ducks because their flesh is rank. See also shelduck

large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

{i} any of several types of fish-eating duck that have a narrow bill that is hooked at the tip

Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera

sheldrake

Related Terms

red-breasted merganser

a species of diving duck

scaly-sided merganser

Mergus squamatus, an endangered species of merganser found in eastern Asia

A merganser

sawneb

The merganser

jacksaw

The merganser

sawbill

american merganser

common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander

hooded merganser

small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head

mergansers

plural of merganser

mergansers

mergus

red-breasted merganser

widely distributed merganser of America and Europe

Hyphenation

mer·gan·ser

Etymology

[ (")m&r-'gan(t)-s&r ] (noun.) 1752. New Latin, from Latin mergus, a waterfowl + anser goose; more at GOOSE.