goosander

English

Etymology

Blend of goose +‎ gander. The oldest known use is by Drayton (1622).

Noun

goosander (plural goosanders)

1. A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere. They eat fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106:

     As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre.
     The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show
     His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,

Synonyms

• (North American) common merganser, Mergus merganser

Translations

diving duck

• Bulgarian: голям потапник m (goljam potapnik)
• Czech: morčák velký (cs) m
• Danish: stor skallesluger c
• Faroese: tannont f
• Finnish: isokoskelo (fi)
• German: Säger (de) m (Mergus), Sägetaucher m (Mergus), Gänsesäger m (Mergus merganser)
• Hungarian: nagy bukó
• Macedonian: нурец m (nurec)
• Maltese: serra prima f
• Polish: nurogęś (pl) f
• Russian: кроха́ль (ru) m (kroxálʹ), большо́й кроха́ль m (bolʹšój kroxálʹ) (Mergus merganser)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: kuussâgkuálsi

  Lule Sami: gutsákgoalsse

  Northern Sami: gussagoalsi

  Skolt Sami: kuä´lss

  Southern Sami: liejpie-gåelsie

• Spanish: serreta (es) f (Mergus), serreta grande f (Mergus merganser)
• Swedish: storskrake (sv) c
• Volapük: märgut