(n.) Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
Example Sentences:
(1) 5 to 10% of the DNA of M. serrator and the closely related Mergus merganser.
(2) Two highly repeated nucleotide sequences (RBMI and RBMII) cloned from an EcoRI digest of DNA of the redbreasted merganser (Mergus serrator) account for approx.
Sheldrake
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
(n.) Any one of the American mergansers.
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(1) A more rigorous and transparent process would encourage social services to take greater care to justify where a child was placed, agrees Sheldrake.
(2) If local residential provision cannot, or indeed should not, be expanded quickly, "there has to be a really huge emphasis on quality rather than cost", argues Jill Sheldrake, director of social care at Together Trust, a charity that runs residential homes in the north-west.