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embergoose

embergoose is the alternative form of ember-goose.

Meaning of ember-goose

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

Forms of embergoose

pluralembergeese

Questions about embergoose

What is embergoose the alternative form of?
Embergoose is the alternative form of ember-goose.

Words near embergoose in the dictionary

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

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