goosander

goosander

English

Etymology

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

Noun

goosander (plural goosanders)

1. A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere. They eat 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,

Synonyms

• (North American) common merganser, Mergus merganser

Translations

diving duck

Bulgarian: голям потапник m (goljam potapnik) Czech: morčák velký (cs) m Danish: stor skallesluger c Faroese: tannont f Finnish: isokoskelo (fi) German: Säger (de) m (Mergus), Sägetaucher m (Mergus), Gänsesäger m (Mergus merganser) Hungarian: nagy bukó Macedonian: нурец m (nurec) Maltese: serra prima f Polish: nurogęś (pl) f Russian: кроха́ль (ru) m (kroxálʹ), большо́й кроха́ль m (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (Mergus merganser) Sami: Southern Sami: liejpie-gåelsie Lule Sami: gutsákgoalsse Northern Sami: gussagoalsi Inari Sami: kuussâgkuálsi Skolt Sami: kuä´lss Spanish: serreta (es) f (Mergus), serreta grande f (Mergus merganser) Swedish: storskrake (sv) c Volapük: märgut