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Word: Goosander
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander ‘shelduck’ (the colouring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡuːˈsandə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large Eurasian and North American merganser (diving duck), the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside.
Short Definition:large Eurasian and North American diving duck
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