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goosander

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Noun
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goos=an=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

goosandern. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.].
     A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

goosander, n. a large diving duck, Mergus merganser, with a narrow serrated bill.

Etymology
prob. f. GOOSE + -ander in bergander sheldrake

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