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Mergus albellus
Smew Smew, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun. (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

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- Mergus ducks are also classified as "diving ducks" because they submerge completely in looking for food. In other traits, however, the genera Mergus,...
- The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia...
- Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus is from Latin albus "white". This genus is closely related to Mergus and is sometimes included in it...
- of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Mergus serrator. The genus name Mergus is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to...
- The Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is a South American diving duck in the Mergus genus. It is one of the most threatened waterfowl species in...
- Genus Lophodytes (Linnaeus 1758) Reichenbach 1853 (hooded merganser) Genus Mergus Linnaeus 1758 non Brisson 1760 Tribe Anatini Vigors 1825 sensu Livezey 1996...
- scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus). It lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast...
- Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Mergus cucullatus. Linnaeus based his account on the "round-crested duck" that...
- Station, Texas. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicoreus mergus. "Chicoreus (Triplex) mergus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011. v t e...
- Mergus species. Fossil records indicate it was widespread on Chatham Island but not on the smaller nearby islands. Auckland Island merganser "Mergus milleneri...