n. [ Sp. mergánsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + ánsar goose, L. anser. ] (Zool.) Any bird of the genus
☞ The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also
White merganser,
v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. [ 1913 Webster ]
Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. formed or united into a whole; -- of formerly separate objects, groups, etc.
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prop. n. A genus of ducks consisting of mergansers.