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Greylag

//ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.

    "Since the war, migrant greylags have virtually deserted the Duddon estuary, so it is a source of great satisfaction that the WAGBI greylags have taken to roosting on the sands in mid-winter, flighting to and from the reserve."

  2. 2
    common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds wordnet

Etymology

From grey (“colour”) + lag (“old name for a goose, derived from the call used to move such animals along”).

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