Bargander

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of shelduck. Norfolk, dialectal

    "Thanet has abundance of wild-fowl in a severe winter; and a bird, called the bargander, in Latin, chemaloper, often frequents the marshes and waters in it."

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shelduck

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"Thanet has abundance of wild-fowl in a severe winter; and a bird, called the bargander, in Latin, chemaloper, often frequents the marshes and waters in it."

Etymology

Corruption of burrow + gander.

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