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Definition of Mergus albellus

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.]

Meaning of Mergus albellus from wikipedia

- (Mergellus albellus) is a species of duck and is the only living member of the genus Mergellus. Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus is from...
- formerly known as Mergus cucullatus) is not of this genus but is closely related. The other "aberrant" merganser, the smew (Mergellus albellus), is phylogenetically...
- Melanitta fusca (common) Smew, Mergus albellus (common) Goosander, Mergus merganser (common) Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (common) Common goldeneye...
- included in Mergus) Smew (Mergellus albellus) Genus Lophodytes (sometimes included in Mergus) Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Genus Mergus, the typical...
- goldeneye Bucephala clangula Smew Mergus albellus Common merganser Mergus merganser Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis...
- Mergellus is a genus of duck. The smew (Mergellus albellus) is the only living species, but an extinct species known as Mergellus mochanovi has also been...
- Histrionicus histrionicus Melanitta fusca Melanitta nigra Mergus albellus Mergus merganser Mergus serrator Netta rufina Tadorna cristata Tadorna ferruginea...
- Mergus (mergansers) Mergus cucullatushooded merganser Mergus mergansercommon merganser Mergus serrator – red-breasted merganser Mergus albellus...
- Mergus octosetaceus Mergus squamatus...
- Bucephala, goldeneyes (3 species) Mergellus, smew Lophodytes, hooded merganser Mergus, mergansers (4 living species, 1 extinct). Tribe: Oxyurini, stiff-tail ducks...