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单词 greylag goose
释义 grey lag goose, ˈgreylag (goose)
[Orig. three words (still often so written); the use of lag a. is supposed to refer to the bird's habit of remaining longer in England than the other migratory species of the genus.]
The common wild goose of Europe, Anser cinereus or ferus.
1713Ray Syn. Avium 138 Anser palustris noster, Grey Lagg dictus.1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1833) 231 Grey Lag Goose—A name for the common Goose.1891Daily News 2 Feb. 5/3 In the north of Scotland, however, some grey-lags still breed.
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