lophodytes

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Merginae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, lophodytes cucullatus,
definition	:	small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	merginae, subfamily merginae,
definition	:	mergansers and closely related diving birds (noun.animal)