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Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zoöl.), the goosander or merganser.

The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.

The red-breasted merganser.

w, and royston crow. -- Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. -- Hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. -- Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merga…

The merganser.

The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.] -- Water robin (Zoöl.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa), native of India.

The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]

A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]

The red-breasted merganser.

Any one of the American mergansers.

small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

The hooded merganser.

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See Forkbeard (a).

The hooded merganser. [ Local, U.S. ]

The hooded merganser.

The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake. [Local, U. S.]

ontinually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. Spenser. -- White merganser (Zoöl.), the smew. -- White metal. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting. -- White miller. (Zoöl.) (…