goosandern.
/ɡuːˈsandə/, U.S. /ɡuˈsændər/ The bird Mergus merganser, allied to the ducks but having a sharply serrated bill.
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1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 106 The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow.
1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 94 The Gossander or Bergander: Merganser, Aldr.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 267 Nor would not any Man think those Conceptions very sordid, to prefer the Goose to the Gossander.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 148 Mr. Willoughby too suspects that its male represents some bird similar to the Goosander.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 106 The Goosander..feeds upon fish, for which it dives.
1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 334 Goosander (Mergus Merganser).—Often seen in the Helford river.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 Smews and goosanders, divers and loons.
1882 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 552 March 2nd, Goosander on the Teviot.
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