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Merganser vs Jacksaw - What's the difference?

merganser | jacksaw |

As nouns the difference between merganser and jacksaw

is that merganser is any of various diving ducks of the genera mergus'' or ''lophodytes , which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill while jacksaw is a bird, the merganser.

merganser

English

(wikipedia merganser)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus'' or ''Lophodytes , which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.

    • Synonyms

    * (Eurasian) goosander, Mergus merganser

    Derived terms

    * †Auckland merganser (also Auckland Islands merganser), (extinct) * Brazilian merganser, ''Mergus octosetaceus' * common merganser, Mergus merganser * hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus * red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator * scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus * typical merganser, Mergus

    See also

    * smew, Mergellus albellus'' (also sometimes ''Mergus albellus ) * , Mergellus albellus

    jacksaw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bird, the merganser.
    • (Webster 1913)