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mergansers
Variant of merganser
noun pl. mergansers or merganser
any of several fish-eating, diving ducks with a long, slender, serrated bill hooked at the tip and, usually, a crested head, as the large (Mergus merganser) and the small (Lophodytes cucullatus)
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