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red-breasted merganser

red-breasted merganser noun: a species of diving duck, Mergus serrator.

red-breasted merganser: a species of diving duck, Mergus serrator
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Noun

red-breasted merganser (plural red-breasted mergansers)

  1. A species of diving duck, Mergus serrator.

Forms of red-breasted merganser

pluralred-breasted mergansers

Questions about red-breasted merganser

What does red-breasted merganser mean?
Red-breasted merganser means a species of diving duck, Mergus serrator.
What part of speech is red-breasted merganser?
Red-breasted merganser is a noun.
What is the plural of red-breasted merganser?
The plural of red-breasted merganser is red-breasted mergansers.

Words near red-breasted merganser in the dictionary

  1. red-books
  2. red-breasted flycatcher
  3. red-breasted flycatchers
  4. red-breasted geese
  5. red-breasted goose
  6. red-breasted merganser
  7. red-breasted mergansers
  8. red-breasted sapsucker
  9. red-breasted sapsuckers
  10. red-breasted snipe
  11. red-brick

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