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| Noun | 1. The loon or great northern diver.[Websters]. | |
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Date "EMBER-GOOSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMBER-GOOSE
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A fowl of the genus Colymbus and order of ansers. It is larger than the common goose; the head is dusky; the back, coverts of the wings and tail, clouded with lighter and darker shades of the same; the primaries and tail are black; the breast and belly silvery. It inhabits the northern regions, about Iceland and the Orkneys. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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