Meanings
plural common mergansers
- A merganser (Mergus merganser) of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre. The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,
1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106Synonyms: goosander, Mergus americanus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA merganser (Mergus merganser) of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
Translations
Bulgarian голям потапник, нире́ц
- голям потапник (goljam potapnik)diving duck
- нире́ц (niréc)diving duck
Czech morčák velký
- morčák velkýdiving duck
Danish stor skallesluger
- stor skalleslugerdiving duck
Finnish isokoskelo
- isokoskelodiving duck
German Säger, Sägetaucher
- Sägerdiving duck
- Sägetaucherdiving duck
- Gänsesägerdiving duck
Hungarian nagy bukó
- nagy bukódiving duck
Polish nurogęś
- nurogęśdiving duck
Romanian ferestraș mare
- ferestraș marediving duck
Russian кроха́ль, большо́й кроха́ль
- кроха́ль (kroxálʹ)diving duck
- большо́й кроха́ль (bolʹšój kroxálʹ)diving duck
Spanish serreta, serreta grande
- serretadiving duck
- serreta grandediving duck
Swedish storskrake
- storskrakediving duck
Turkish büyük tarakdiş
- büyük tarakdişdiving duck
Cite this entry
common merganser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20merganser
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