merganser

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/məˈɡænsə/
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/məˈɡænsə/ · /mɚˈɡænsɚ/

Definition of merganser

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.

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Etymology

From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).

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