The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MERGANSER
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More clues leading to the result MERGANSER
- English cricketer ultimately caught by Germans out for a duck
- Duck’s little problem, back in lake and river
- Spread germs near duck
- Swimmer deploying green arms
- Duck answer when probing business deal?
- Duck from Grasmere cooked around noon
- Germans cooked the Queen's goose
- Corporate action involving a new Head of Sales gets the bird
- First person found on the outskirts of Reading before half seven with queen gets bird
- In lake catch up with last of eider duck
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What does MERGANSER mean?
MERGANSER noun- Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.