Noun: merganser mur'gan(t)-su(r)
- Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
"The merganser's saw-toothed bill is perfectly adapted for catching slippery fish";
- fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake
Derived forms: mergansers
Type of: sea duck
Part of: genus Mergus, Mergus
Encyclopedia: Merganser