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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मद्गुmadguA kind of aquatic bird, a cormorant or driver; मांसं गृधो वपां मद्गुः (भवति) Ms.12.63.

    [मस्ज्-उ न्यक्वाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Compare Uṇ.1.7]

    1. A kind of aquatic bird, a cormorant or driver; मांसं गृधो वपां मद्गुः (भवति) Ms.12.63.
    2. A kind of snake.
    3. A kind of wild animal.
    4. A kind of galley or vessel of war; कोऽपि मद्गुरभ्यधावत् Dk.
    5. Name of a degraded mixed tribe, the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa by a woman of the bard class; see Ms.1.48.
    6. An outcast.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मद्गुmadgu[madg-ú] m. [diver: √magg] kind of aquatic bird; galley, kind of vessel of war; a mixed caste: -ra, m. a kind…

    [madg-ú] masculine [diver: √magg] kind of aquatic bird; galley, kind of vessel of war; a mixed caste: -ra, masculine a kind of fish; diver, pearl-fisher (a mixed caste).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मद्गुmadgum. (accord. to Un2. i, 7 fr. √मज्ज्) a, diver-bird (a kind of aquatic bird or cormorant; cf. Lat. mergus) VS.…
    1. masculine gender (according to to Un2. i, 7 from √मज्ज्) a, diver-bird (a kind of aquatic bird or cormorant; confer, compare Latin mergus) VS. etc. etc. (also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedगुक R.)
    2. masculine gender a species of wild animal frequenting the boughs of trees (Equivalent to पर्ण-मृग) Sus3r.
    3. masculine gender a kind of snake Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a particular fish Ni1lak.
    5. masculine gender a kind of galley or vessel of war Das3.
    6. masculine gender a particular mixed caste Mn. x, 48 (the son of a Nisht2ya निष्ट्य and a Varut2i1 वरुटी, a Ma1hishya माहिष्य who knows medicine, or a Pa1ra-dhenuka पार-धेनुक who proclaims orders Lexicographers)
    7. masculine gender a person who kills wild beasts Lexicographers (confer, compare Mn. x, 48)
    8. masculine gender Name of a son of S3vaphalka श्वफल्क Hariv.
  2. उपमद्गुupamadgum. N. of a younger brother of Madgu मद्गु Hariv. VP.

    masculine gender Name of a younger brother of Madgu मद्गु Hariv. VP.

  3. कर्णमद्गुरkarṇamadguram. a sort of fish, Silurus unitus L.

    masculine gender a sort of fish, Silurus unitus Lexicographers

  4. काकमद्गुkākamadgum. a water-hen, gallinule (दात्यूह, resembling a crow in colour) MBh.

    masculine gender a water-hen, gallinule (दात्यूह, resembling a crow in colour) MBh.

  5. ग्राममद्गुरिकाgrāmamadgurikāf. = ˚म्य-म्˚ L.
    1. feminine Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedम्य-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Lexicographers
    2. feminine Equivalent to -युद्ध Lexicographers
  6. ग्राम्यमद्गुरिकाgrāmyamadgurikāf. (= ˚म-म्˚) the fish Silurus Singio L.

    feminine (Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedम-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) the fish Silurus Singio Lexicographers

  7. जलमद्गुjalamadgum. a kingfisher L.

    masculine gender a kingfisher Lexicographers

  8. मद्गुभूतmadgubhūtaw.r. for मङ्कु-भ्˚ DivyA7v.

    wrong reading for मङ्कु-भ्that the rest of a word is to be supplied DivyA7v.