merganser
noun
any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the subfamily Merginae, having a narrow bill hooked at the tip and serrated at the edges.
mergansers
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pluralof merganser.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Further research by our lab is hoping to determine when and how mergansers diversified across the New Zealand region, including on the mainland, and Auckland and Chatham Islands."
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
He says that many of the mergansers there are related and lay their eggs about the same time.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 7, 2024
As the trail passes Hidden Lake, you might catch sight of a raft of hooded mergansers — diving ducks whose collapsible black-and-white crest, or “hood,” evokes a goth mohawk.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2020
A pair of hooded mergansers swam by with some Canada geese.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2019
It might have implied that white sharks were more important than mergansers or spotted salamanders, but to me they were.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
