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Synonyms for merganser

  • noun

Most common

fish duck sheldrake goosander

All synonyms

Noun

1. Fish duck

fish duck, sheldrake, sawbill UK

Other

goosander

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.

Related words

Phrases
hooded merganser red-breasted merganser

Forms

Plural
mergansers → sheldrakes, sawbills, goosanders…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
merganserfalling
sheldrakefalling
goosanderfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
sawbill
9 letters
sheldrake, goosander