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Webster 1913 Edition

Cargoose

Car′gooseˊ

,
Noun.
[Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir.
cir
,
cior
(pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E.
goose
. Cf.
Crebe
.]
(Zool.)
A species of grebe (
Podiceps crisratus
); the crested grebe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cargoose

CARGOOSE

,
Noun.
A fowl belonging to the genus Colymbus, called the crested diver. The cheeks and throat are surrounded with a long pendant ruff, of a bright tawny color, edged with black. The breast and belly are of a silvery white. It weighs two pounds and a half.

Definition 2025

cargoose

cargoose

English

A cargoose

Wikispecies

Noun

cargoose ‎(plural cargeese)

  1. A species of grebe (Podiceps cristatus); the crested grebe.

Etymology

Perhaps from Gaulish and Irish cir, cior ‎(“(pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb”) + English goose.

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