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Definition of Hooded merganser

Hooded merganser
Hooded Hood"ed, a. 1. Covered with a hood. 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. 3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. Hooded merganser. See Merganser. Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).

Meaning of Hooded merganser from wikipedia

- The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes...
- temperate East Asia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south. The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus, formerly known as Mergus cucullatus) is not...
- 1919 to 1942 USS Merganser, various United States Navy ships Hooded merganser, a species of duck of the genus Lophodytes Percival Merganser, a light civil...
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- cinnamon teal, great blue heron, great horned owl, greater roadrunner, hooded merganser, Northern harrier, red-tailed hawk, red-winged blackbird, spotted towhee...
- goldeneye, Bucephala islandica Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus Common merganser, Mergus merganser Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator Ruddy duck...
- northern latitudes. The fish-eating members of this group, such as the mergansers and smew, have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey...
- were Brant, Northern Shoveler, Greater Scaup, Spectacled Eider, and Hooded Merganser. Duck stamps are now issued by the United States government and all...
- Selby 1840 (Smew) Genus Lophodytes (Linnaeus 1758) Reichenbach 1853 (hooded merganser) Genus Mergus Linnaeus 1758 non Brisson 1760 Tribe Anatini Vigors 1825...
- which has not been seen in northeast North America since 1875; Auckland merganser, which was last recorded in 1902. Biology portal Birds portal Lists of...