cargoose
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
Perhaps from Gaulish and Irish cir, cior (“(pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb”) + English goose.
Noun
cargoose (plural cargeese)
- A species of grebe (Podiceps cristatus); the crested grebe.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cargoose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)