"merganser" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈɡænsə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɚˈɡænsɚ/ [General-American] Forms: mergansers [plural]
Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ) Etymology: From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|merganser}} Late Latin merganser, {{uder|en|la|mergus||waterfowl, diver}} Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} merganser (plural mergansers)
  1. Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill. Wikipedia link: merganser Categories (lifeform): Mergansers Synonyms: Mergus merganser Synonyms (Eurasian): goosander Related terms: smew, Mergellus albellus (english: also sometimes Mergus albellus) Translations (diving duck): голям потапник (goljam potapnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bec de serra [masculine] (Catalan), 秋沙鴨 (Chinese Mandarin), 秋沙鸭 (qiūshāyā) (Chinese Mandarin), morčák (Czech), zaagbek (Dutch), merĝo (Esperanto), koskelo (Finnish), harle [masculine] (French), Säger (english: Mergus) [masculine] (German), Sägetaucher (english: Mergus) [masculine] (German), Gänsesäger (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [masculine] (German), Dunkelsäger (taxonomic: Mergus octosetaceus) [masculine] (German), Schuppensäger (taxonomic: Mergus squamatus) [masculine] (German), Kappensäger (taxonomic: Mergus cucullatus) [masculine] (German), Mittelsäger (taxonomic: Mergus serrator) [masculine] (German), Aucklandsäger (taxonomic: Mergus australis) [extinct, masculine] (German), bukómadár (Hungarian), bukó (Hungarian), koskelo (Ingrian), 秋沙 (aisa) (Japanese), 비오리 (biori) (Korean), naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí (Navajo), иғӈа (iγŋa) (Nivkh), merganso [masculine] (Portuguese), кроха́ль (kroxálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), большо́й кроха́ль (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [masculine] (Russian), serreta (english: Mergus) [feminine] (Spanish), serreta grande (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [feminine] (Spanish), skrake (Swedish), märgut (Volapük)

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus squamatus",
      "word": "Schuppensäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus cucullatus",
      "word": "Kappensäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus serrator",
      "word": "Mittelsäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "extinct",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus australis",
      "word": "Aucklandsäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "bukómadár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "bukó"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "koskelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aisa",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "秋沙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biori",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "비오리"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí"
    },
    {
      "code": "niv",
      "lang": "Nivkh",
      "roman": "iγŋa",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "иғӈа"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "merganso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kroxálʹ",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кроха́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšój kroxálʹ",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus merganser",
      "word": "большо́й кроха́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Mergus",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serreta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Mergus merganser",
      "word": "serreta grande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "skrake"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "märgut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merganser"
}

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