merganser

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sheldrake

fish duck

sawbill

goosander

Translations

zaagbek

Säger

Mergus

serreta

harle

smergo

Gänsesäger

Mergus merganser

merganso

serreta grande

ضرب من البط الغواص

testere gagalı ördek

Mittelsäger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈɡænsə/

Etymology

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