goosander
nounEtymology Blend of goose + gander. The oldest known use is by Drayton (1622).
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A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
- As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre. The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106:
- Synonyms
- common merganser, Mergus merganser