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Mergus
Mergus
See also: mergus
Translingual
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Mergus merganser
Proper noun
Mergus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Merginae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
mergus
mergus
See also: Mergus
Latin
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mergus (diver, loon)
Noun
mergus m (genitive mergī); second declension
Usage notes
Classical Latin applied the term mergus to the diver (loon), but modern taxonomic Latin applies this term to the merganser, and calls the diver gāvia.
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | mergus | mergī |
genitive | mergī | mergōrum |
dative | mergō | mergīs |
accusative | mergum | mergōs |
ablative | mergō | mergīs |
vocative | merge | mergī |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- mergus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mergus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mergus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.