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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The great northern loon, Gavia immer.

   "There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees."

Example

More examples

"There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees."

Etymology

Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas.

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