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Definition of Subfamily Merginae
1. Noun. Mergansers and closely related diving birds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Genus Mergus, Mergus, Genus Lophodytes, Lophodytes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfamily Merginae
Literary usage of Subfamily Merginae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"subfamily Merginae. Three species of Mergansers occur more or less commonly in
the Eastern United States. In the water at close range they can always be ..."
2. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"When surprised on land it seeks to escape by a series of hops or leaps, using
both wings and feet. MERGANSERS (subfamily Merginae). ..."
3. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"subfamily Merginae. Mergansers. MERGUS AMERICANUS Cassin. Merganser. Not uncommon
migrant; occasional winter resident. Mergansers arrive late from the north ..."
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