merganser

English

Mergus serrator

Etymology

From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɡænsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɚˈɡænsɚ/
• Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ)

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Noun

merganser (plural mergansers)

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

Synonyms

• (Eurasian) goosander, Mergus merganser

Derived terms

• Brazilian merganser, Mergus octosetaceus
• common merganser, Mergus merganser
• hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
• red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
• scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus
• †Auckland merganser (also Auckland Islands merganser), Mergus australis (extinct)

Translations

diving duck

• Ahtna: tseghos
• Bulgarian: голям потапник m (goljam potapnik)
• Catalan: bec de serra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秋沙鴨 / 秋沙鸭 (zh) (qiūshāyā)

• Czech: morčák (cs)
• Dutch: zaagbek (nl)
• Esperanto: merĝo
• Finnish: koskelo (fi)
• French: harle (fr) m
• German: Säger (de) m (Mergus), Sägetaucher m (Mergus), Gänsesäger m (Mergus merganser), Dunkelsäger m (Mergus octosetaceus), Schuppensäger m (Mergus squamatus), Kappensäger m (Mergus cucullatus), Mittelsäger m (Mergus serrator), Aucklandsäger m (Mergus australis, extinct)
• Hungarian: bukómadár (hu), bukó (hu)
• Ingrian: koskelo
• Irish: síolta f
• Japanese: 秋沙 (aisa)
• Korean: 비오리 (biori)
• Navajo: naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí
• Nivkh: иғӈа (iγŋa)
• Polish: nurogęś (pl) f
• Portuguese: merganso m
• Russian: кроха́ль (ru) m (kroxálʹ), большо́й кроха́ль m (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (Mergus merganser)
• Spanish: serreta (es) f (Mergus), serreta grande f (Mergus merganser)
• Swedish: skrake
• Turkish: tarakdiş (tr)
• Volapük: märgut
• Welsh: hwyadwydd f

See also

• smew, Mergellus albellus (also sometimes Mergus albellus)