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ember-goose

UK/ˈɛmbəɡuːs/

ember-goose noun: the great northern loon, Gavia immer.

Noun

ember-goose (plural ember-geese)

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

ember-goose meaning in Tamil

ember-goose in Tamil

நீர்மூழ்கிப் புள் வகை

Forms of ember-goose

pluralember-geese
alternative formembergoose
alternative formemmer-goose
alternative formimber-goose

Origin of ember-goose

Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas.

Questions about ember-goose

What does ember-goose mean?
Ember-goose means the great northern loon, Gavia immer.
What is ember-goose in Tamil?
Ember-goose in Tamil is நீர்மூழ்கிப் புள் வகை. See Ember-goose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ember-goose?
Ember-goose is a noun.
How do you pronounce ember-goose?
Ember-goose is pronounced /ˈɛmbəɡuːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of ember-goose?
The plural of ember-goose is ember-geese.

Words near ember-goose in the dictionary

  1. Ember days
  2. ember months
  3. Ember week
  4. Ember weeks
  5. ember-geese
  6. ember-goose
  7. Embera-Wounaan
  8. embergeese
  9. embergoose
  10. Embering
  11. Emberings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ember-goose (page history and authors); ember-goose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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