"common merganser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: common mergansers [plural]
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  1. A merganser (Mergus merganser) of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers. Synonyms: goosander [North-American, UK], Mergus americanus Translations (diving duck): голям потапник (goljam potapnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), нире́ц (niréc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), morčák velký [masculine] (Czech), stor skallesluger [common-gender] (Danish), cheghesh (Dena'ina), tannont [feminine] (Faroese), isokoskelo (Finnish), Säger (english: Mergus) [masculine] (German), Sägetaucher (english: Mergus) [masculine] (German), Gänsesäger (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [masculine] (German), nagy bukó (Hungarian), kuussâgkuálsi (Inari-Sami), куэлльс (kuell’s) (Kildin Sami), treghwth (Lower Tanana), gutsákgoalsse (Lule-Sami), нурец (nurec) [masculine] (Macedonian), serra prima [feminine] (Maltese), gussagoalsi (Northern Sami), nurogęś [feminine] (Polish), ferestraș mare [masculine] (Romanian), кроха́ль (kroxálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), большо́й кроха́ль (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [masculine] (Russian), kuä´lss (Skolt-Sami), liejpie-gåelsie (Southern Sami), serreta (english: Mergus) [feminine] (Spanish), serreta grande (taxonomic: Mergus merganser) [feminine] (Spanish), storskrake [common-gender] (Swedish), büyük tarakdiş (Turkish), märgut (Volapük)

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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "storskrake"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "büyük tarakdiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "diving duck",
      "word": "märgut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "common merganser"
}

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