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imber-goose

imber-goose is the archaic 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 imber-goose

pluralimber-geese

Questions about imber-goose

What is imber-goose the archaic form of?
Imber-goose is the archaic form of ember-goose.

Words near imber-goose in the dictionary

  1. imbellishing
  2. imbenching
  3. imbenchings
  4. Imber
  5. imber-geese
  6. imber-goose
  7. imberb
  8. imberline
  9. imberlines
  10. Imbert
  11. Imberts

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