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Definition of Mergus albellus
1. Noun. Smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia.
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mergus Albellus
Literary usage of Mergus albellus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Mergus albellus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 887. Smew or White Nun. ... Mergus albellus.
Bonap. Comp. List. 59. Male with the bill shorter than the head, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"109 (1844) (=Anas clangula x Mergus albellus); Degl. fy in Mecklenb. 1875,pp.
145-146; lì. Blas. MT.orn. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. ..."
3. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"SMALL GREY GOOSE.—A name for the Bean Goose. SMEW (Mergus albellus ... Mergus
albellus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 547. 5.—Lath. Iml. Orn. 2. p. 831. 6— Wile. Amer. ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean Museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Mergus albellus, Linn.—The same, f.—The Lough-Diver,Bewick. Shot near Sandford,
Oxon, 1826. [JS Duncan. IA Latin name for sea birds, probably from mergo, ..."
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