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
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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.
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