AMERICAN MERGANSER

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

American merganser; Mergus merganser americanus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("American merganser" is a kind of...):

fish duck; merganser; sawbill; sheldrake (large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges)

Holonyms ("American merganser" is a member of...):

genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)

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