Definition of goosander in English:

goosander

nounPlural goosanders ɡuːˈsandəɡuˈsændər

British

A large Eurasian and North American merganser (diving duck), the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside.
Mergus merganser, family Anatidae
North American term "common merganser" (see merganser)
Example sentencesExamples
- Other species found included goosander, pochard, tufted duck and teal on the water.
- The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander.
- As it grows in the river from an egg, it's bothered by brown trout, preyed on by goosanders (ducks with serrated bills) and cormorants as well as mergansers (another type of salmon-persecuting duck).
- They are preyed on by herons, cormorants, kingfishers, goosanders, large trout and eels.
- There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter.

Origin

Early 17th century: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander 'shelduck' (the colouring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck).

Rhymes

Amanda, Aranda, Baganda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, panda, pander, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, veranda, withstander, zander

Definition of goosander in US English:

goosander

nounɡo͞oˈsandərɡuˈsændər

British

A large Eurasian and North American merganser (diving duck), the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside; a common merganser.
Mergus merganser, family Anatidae
Example sentencesExamples
- As it grows in the river from an egg, it's bothered by brown trout, preyed on by goosanders (ducks with serrated bills) and cormorants as well as mergansers (another type of salmon-persecuting duck).
- There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter.
- The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander.
- They are preyed on by herons, cormorants, kingfishers, goosanders, large trout and eels.
- Other species found included goosander, pochard, tufted duck and teal on the water.

Origin

Early 17th century: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander ‘shelduck’ (the coloring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck).

单词	goosander
释义	Definition of goosander in English: goosander nounPlural goosanders ɡuːˈsandəɡuˈsændər British A large Eurasian and North American merganser (diving duck), the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside. Mergus merganser, family Anatidae North American term "common merganser" (see merganser) Example sentencesExamples Other species found included goosander, pochard, tufted duck and teal on the water. The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander. As it grows in the river from an egg, it's bothered by brown trout, preyed on by goosanders (ducks with serrated bills) and cormorants as well as mergansers (another type of salmon-persecuting duck). They are preyed on by herons, cormorants, kingfishers, goosanders, large trout and eels. There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter. Origin Early 17th century: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander 'shelduck' (the colouring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck). Rhymes Amanda, Aranda, Baganda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, panda, pander, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, veranda, withstander, zander Definition of goosander in US English: goosander nounɡo͞oˈsandərɡuˈsændər British A large Eurasian and North American merganser (diving duck), the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside; a common merganser. Mergus merganser, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples As it grows in the river from an egg, it's bothered by brown trout, preyed on by goosanders (ducks with serrated bills) and cormorants as well as mergansers (another type of salmon-persecuting duck). There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter. The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander. They are preyed on by herons, cormorants, kingfishers, goosanders, large trout and eels. Other species found included goosander, pochard, tufted duck and teal on the water. Origin Early 17th century: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander ‘shelduck’ (the coloring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck).
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