goosanders

Noun

goosander (plural goosanders)

1. A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere, that consume fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
   • As they above the rest were Lords of Earth and Ayre.
     The Gossander with them, my goodly Fennes doe show
     His head as Ebon blacke, the rest as white as Snow,1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 25 p. 106

   Synonyms:

   common merganser, Mergus merganser