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goos⋅an⋅der

  [goo-san-der]
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–noun British.
1. a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
2. any merganser.
Origin:
1615–25; alter. of gossander; perh. b. goose and obs. bergander shelduck (< ?)
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goos·an·der   (gōō-sān'dər)   
n.   Chiefly British
A fish-eating duck (Mergus merganser), the male of which has a glossy greenish-black head and a white body.

[Origin unknown.]
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