goosander

American  

[goo-san-der] / guˈsæn dər /

noun

British.

1. a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.

2. any merganser.

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goosander British  

/ ɡuːˈsændə /

noun

1. a common merganser (a duck), Mergus merganser, of Europe and North America, having a dark head and white body in the male

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Etymology

Origin of goosander

1615–25; alteration of gossander; perhaps blend of goose and obsolete bergander shelduck (< ?)

Example Sentences

"This image shows a mother goosander crossing a smaller road because she decided not to use the scary and dark underground passage below it."

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

But during the summer months nothing remained except the geese and sheldrake and the goosander, which is resident in Tibet and the Himalayas.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Smew, smū, n. a bird of the family Anatid�, in the same genus as the goosander and mergansers.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various