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Webster 1913 Edition

Goosander

Goos′anˊder

,

Noun.

[OE.

gossander

, a tautological word formed fr.

goose + gander

. Cf.

.]

(Zool.)

A species of merganser (

M. merganser

) of Northern Europe and America; – called also

merganser

,

dundiver

,

sawbill

,

sawneb

,

shelduck

, and

sheldrake

. See

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Goosander

GOOS'ANDER

,

Noun.

A migratory fowl of the genus Mergus, the diver or plunger; called also merganser.