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Definition of: merganser
(mər·gan′sər) noun
A fish–eating duck (subfamily Merginae), with toothlike processes along the upper edge of the bill, and the head usually crested, as the hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) of North America. [<NL <L mergus diver <mergere plunge + anser goose]
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