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語源

Blend of goose +‎ gander. The oldest known use is by Drayton (1622).

名詞

goosander (plural goosanders)

1. A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106:

     As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre.
     The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show
     His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,

同意語

• (North American) common merganser, Mergus merganser