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Webster 1913 Edition

Ember-goose

Em′ber-gooseˊ

,
Noun.
[Cf. Norw.
embergaas
,
hav-imber
,
hav-immer
, Icel.
himbrin
,
himbrimi
.]
(Zoöl.)
The loon or great northern diver. See
Loon
.
[Written also
emmer-goose
and
imber-goose
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Ember-goose

EM'BER-GOOSE

,
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.

Definition 2025

ember-goose

ember-goose

English

Alternative forms

Noun

ember-goose ‎(plural ember-geese)

  1. The great northern loon, Gavia immer.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 406:
      There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees.

Etymology

From Norwegian emmer-gaas.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛmbəɡuːs/

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