Word Meanings - MERGANSER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Generality
  The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
• Generative
  Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
• ALLINEATIONALINEEATION
  Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.
• Allision
  The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
• Generalizable
  Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.
• Generator
  One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
• DUCKSBILL
  Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet (Zoöl.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; -- so named from its shape.
• Alliable
  Able to enter into alliance.
• Alliteral
  Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
• Generalization
  The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
• Generatrices
  of Generatrix
• DUCKSFOOT
  The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
• Alliaceous
  Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
• Alliterate
  To employ or place so as to make alliteration.
• Generalized
  of Generalize
• Generatrixes
  of Generatrix
• SERRATESERRATED
  Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves. Doubly serrate, having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm. -- Serrate-ciliate, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf.
• Alliance
  The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an a
• Alliteration
  The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

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