goosander
goosander
[guːˈsandə]
(复同单，或 goosanders)
[guːˈsandə]
(复同单，或 goosanders)
- a large Eurasian and North American merganser, the male of which has a dark green head and whitish underside
秋沙鸭 - Mergus merganser, family Anatidae. North American name: common merganser
拉丁名Mergus merganser，鸭科。北美名：普通秋沙鸭
- early 17th cent.: probably from goose + -ander as in dialect bergander 'shelduck' (the colouring of the male goosander resembling that of the shelduck)
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