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Noun: hooded merganser
  1. Small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
    "The male hooded merganser raised its distinctive white crest in display";
    - hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus

Derived forms: hooded mergansers

Type of: fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake

Part of: genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes

Encyclopedia: Hooded merganser