goosander

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Etymology

Blend of goose +‎ gander. The oldest known use is by Drayton (1622).

Noun

goosander (plural goosanders)

1. A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106:

     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,

Synonyms

• (North American) common merganser, Mergus merganser

Translations

diving duck

Bulgarian: голям потапник m (goljam potapnik) Czech: morčák velký (cs) m Danish: stor skallesluger c Faroese: tannont f Finnish: isokoskelo (fi) German: Säger (de) m (Mergus), Sägetaucher m (Mergus), Gänsesäger m (Mergus merganser) Hungarian: nagy bukó Macedonian: нурец m (nurec) Maltese: serra prima f Polish: nurogęś (pl) f Russian: кроха́ль (ru) m (kroxálʹ), большо́й кроха́ль m (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (Mergus merganser) Sami: Inari Sami: kuussâgkuálsi Lule Sami: gutsákgoalsse Northern Sami: gussagoalsi Skolt Sami: kuä´lss Southern Sami: liejpie-gåelsie Spanish: serreta (es) f (Mergus), serreta grande f (Mergus merganser) Swedish: storskrake (sv) c Volapük: märgut