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goosander

/goo-san-der/US // guˈsæn dər //UK // (ɡuːˈsændə) //

鹅卵石,鹅蛋脸,鹅毛笔,鹅蛋形

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
    • : any merganser.

Examples

  • Liguli live some days in the goosander, but they do not maintain their position.

  • The habits of the Goosander and Merganser are so much alike that further detail is unnecessary.

  • The females and young birds of the Goosander and Merganser are popularly called Dun-divers.

  • Smew, smū, n. a bird of the family Anatid, in the same genus as the goosander and mergansers.

  • In the large goosander we have found one which has round its head four blades, crossing each other, toothed on the concave side.