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goosander

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Noun

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goos=an=der

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun goosander has 1 sense

goosander(n = noun.animal) mergus merganser - common merganser of Europe and North America; Array

is a member of genus mergus, mergus

is a kind of fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake

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CIDE DICTIONARY

goosander, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.].

A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

goosander, n. a large diving duck, Mergus merganser, with a narrow serrated bill.

Etymology

prob. f. GOOSE + -ander in bergander sheldrake

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