red-breasted merganser

Definitions of red-breasted merganser
  1. noun
    widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
    synonyms: Mergus serrator
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    type of:
    fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake
    large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
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