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Mergus merganser

Proper noun

Mergus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – the typical mergansers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Merginae - subfamily

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

mergus (diver, loon)

Noun

mergus m ‎(genitive mergī); second declension

1. diver (loon), a kind of waterfowl
2. vine-layer

Usage notes

Classical Latin applied the term mergus to the diver (loon), but modern taxonomic Latin applies this term to the merganser, and calls the diver gāvia.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• mergulus

Related terms

• mergō

Descendants

See also

• gāvia

References

• mergus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mergus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mergus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.