ember-goose

UK/ˈɛmbəɡuːs/

noun

The great northern loon, Gavia immer.

OriginNorwegian emmer-gaas →
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Meanings

nounember-goose (plural ember-geese)

plural ember-geese · alternative embergoose · alternative emmer-goose · alternative imber-goose

  1. The great northern loon, Gavia immer.

    There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees.

    1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 406

Origin

  1. Norwegianemmer-gaas
  2. Englishember-goose

Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas.

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APA

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Chicago

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