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Webster 1913 Edition


Bergander

Ber′gan-der

,
Noun.
[
Berg
, for
burrow
+
gander
a male goose? Cf. G.
bergente
, Dan.
gravgaas
.]
(Zool.)
A European duck (
Anas tadorna
). See
Sheldrake
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bergander

BERG'ANDER

,
Noun.
[berg, a cliff] A burrow duck; a duck that breeds in holes under cliffs.

Definition 2024


bergander

bergander

English

Noun

bergander (plural berganders)

  1. A European duck (Anas tadorna); the sheldrake.