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Definition of Cargoose
1. n. A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
Definition of Cargoose
1. Noun. A species of grebe (''Podiceps crisratus''); the crested grebe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cargoose
1. the crested grebe [n CARGEESE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cargoose
Literary usage of Cargoose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"But it is more probable that the bird meant is the cargoose, a provincial name
for the gaunt or crested grebe (the Podiceps ..."
2. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1857)
"Pennant says the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is called the cargoose.
It weighs 2^ Ib. The young of the herring-gull was called ..."
3. Letters from Lady Jane Coke to Her Friend, Mrs. Eyre at Derby, 1747-1758 by Lady Jane Wharton Holt Coke (1899)
"The cargoose is the crested grebe, which formerly bred in large numbers on the
Shropshire meres, near to which the Combermere Cottons' property- was ..."
4. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"THE Great Crested Grebe is also known by the names of Tippet Grebe, Crested
Ducker, Gaunt, and cargoose.* I can give no further explanation of the numerous ..."
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