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goos·an·der (g

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n. Chiefly British

A fish-eating duck (Mergus merganser), the male of which has a glossy greenish-black head and a white body.

[Origin unknown.]

goosander [guːˈsændə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common merganser (a duck), Mergus merganser, of Europe and North America, having a dark head and white body in the male

[probably from goose¹ + Old Norse önd (genitive andar) duck]

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Noun

goosander - common merganser of Europe and North America

Mergus merganser

genus Mergus, Mergus - mergansers

fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

Translations

goosander [guːˈsændəʳ] n → smergo maggiore

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