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greylag

/ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ/

greylag noun: a large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.

greylag: a large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak
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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
    • Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.2010, M. Owen, “Greylag Goose”, in Peter Lack, editor, The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland, page 74
    Synonyms:
    greylag goose

greylag meaning in Tamil

greylag in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of greylag

Forms of greylag

pluralgreylags
alternative formgraylag

Origin of greylag

From grey (“colour”) + lag (“old name for a goose, derived from the call used to move such animals along”).

Phrases with greylag

Questions about greylag

What does greylag mean?
Greylag means a large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.
What is greylag in Tamil?
Greylag in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Greylag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greylag?
Greylag is a noun.
How do you pronounce greylag?
Greylag is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ/.
What is the plural of greylag?
The plural of greylag is greylags.

Words near greylag in the dictionary

  1. greying
  2. greying out
  3. greyish
  4. greyishly
  5. greyishness
  6. greylag
  7. greylag geese
  8. greylag goose
  9. greylags
  10. greylead
  11. greyleads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greylag (page history and authors); greylag (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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