ember-goose

noun

ember-goose

noun

UK /ˈɛmbəɡuːs/

Etymology Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas.

1

The great northern loon, Gavia immer.

There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 406:

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