greylag
English
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A greylag
Alternative forms
Etymology
From grey (“colour”) + lag (“old name for a goose, derived from the call used to move such animals along”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ/
Noun
greylag (plural greylags)
- A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.
- 2010, M. Owen, Greylag Goose, Peter Lack (editor), The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland, page 74,
- Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.
- 2012, Adam Watson, Ian Francis, Birds in North-East Scotland Then and Now, page 11,
- Earlier, 250 more had flown to Rattray beach, nearly all pinkfeet although I saw four greylags and heard others.
Synonyms
- (Anser anser): greylag goose
Translations
large European goose — see greylag goose
See also
- Anser
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