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graylag

graylag is the alternative spelling of greylag.

Meaning of greylag

Noun

greylag (plural greylags)

  1. A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.
    • Since the war, migrant greylags have virtually deserted the Duddon estuary, so it is a source of great satisfaction that the WAGBI greylags have taken to roosting on the sands in mid-winter, flighting to and from the reserve.1967, Jeffery G. Harrison, A Wealth of Wildfowl, page 150
    Synonyms:
    greylag goose

Synonyms of graylag

Forms of graylag

pluralgraylags

Phrases with graylag

Questions about graylag

What is graylag the alternative spelling of?
Graylag is the alternative spelling of greylag.

Words near graylag in the dictionary

  1. graying out
  2. grayish
  3. grayishly
  4. grayishness
  5. grayite
  6. graylag
  7. graylag geese
  8. graylag goose
  9. graylags
  10. graylet
  11. graylevel

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