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Definition of Goosander
1. Noun. Common merganser of Europe and North America.
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Generic synonyms: Fish Duck, Merganser, Sawbill, Sheldrake
Definition of Goosander
1. n. A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
Definition of Goosander
1. Noun. A merganser, ''Mergus merganser'', of the northern hemisphere. They eat fish and are common on lakes and rivers. ¹
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Definition of Goosander
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Literary usage of Goosander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"goosander, an American fishing duck of the subfamily mergina and genus
mergus (Linn.); besides the goosander (M. Americans, Gassin), the subfamily includes ..."
2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"goosander. Mergus Merganser. Selby, Illustr. II. 375. Mergus Merganser. goosander.
... goosander. Mont. Ornith. Diet. and Supplt. Male. Dun Diver. Mont. ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"goosander, an American fishing duck of the subfamily merginai and genus ...
The goosander is found throughout North America, breeding in the temperate and ..."
4. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"THE goosander is indigenous in Iceland, Finland, Lapland, Sweden, Denmark, ...
In Yorkshire the goosander has been met with occasionally, that is to say, ..."
5. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"The goosander, called by some the water pheasant, and by others the sheldrake,
fisherman, diver, &c. is » winter inhabitant only, of the sea shores, ..."
6. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE goosander, the largest of the British Mergansers, a male and female of which
are figured above, is mainly to be considered as a winter visitor to our ..."
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