Goosander

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.

    "As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre. The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,"

  2. 2
    common merganser of Europe and North America wordnet

Synonyms

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mergus mergansercommon mergansermerganser

Example

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"As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre. The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,"

Etymology

Blend of goose + gander. The oldest known use is by Drayton (1622).

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mergus merganser

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