Meanings
plural mergansers
- Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
Synonyms: goosander, Mergus merganser
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmergus“waterfowl, diver”
- Late Latinmerganser
- Englishmerganser
From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian голям потапник
- голям потапник (goljam potapnik)diving duck
Catalan bec de serra
- bec de serradiving duck
Chinese Mandarin 秋沙鴨 /秋沙鸭
- 秋沙鴨 /秋沙鸭 (qiūshāyā)diving duck
Czech morčák
- morčákdiving duck
Dutch zaagbek
- zaagbekdiving duck
Esperanto merĝo
- merĝodiving duck
Finnish koskelo
- koskelodiving duck
French harle
- harlediving duck
German Säger, Sägetaucher
- Sägerdiving duck
- Sägetaucherdiving duck
- Gänsesägerdiving duck
- Dunkelsägerdiving duck
- Schuppensägerdiving duck
- Kappensägerdiving duck
- Mittelsägerdiving duck
- Aucklandsägerdiving duck
Hungarian bukómadár, bukó
- bukómadárdiving duck
- bukódiving duck
Irish síolta
- síoltadiving duck
Japanese 秋沙
- 秋沙 (aisa)diving duck
Korean 비오리
- 비오리 (biori)diving duck
Polish nurogęś
- nurogęśdiving duck
Portuguese merganso
- mergansodiving 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 skrake
- skrakediving duck
Turkish tarakdiş
- tarakdişdiving duck
Welsh hwyadwydd
- hwyadwydddiving duck
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with merganser
All rhymes →Cite this entry
merganser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merganser
“merganser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merganser. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merganser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merganser.
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