Sawbill: alternatives and connections

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

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

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Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy d…

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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.

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Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta,…

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