merganser

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

zaagbek

Synoniemen

sheldrake

fish duck

sawbill

goosander

Vertalingen

Säger

Mergus

serreta

harle

smergo

Gänsesäger

Mergus merganser

mergo

merganso

serreta grande

ضرب من البط الغواص

testere gagalı ördek

Mittelsäger

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/məˈɡænsə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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