goosander

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
goosander
    n 1: common merganser of Europe and North America [syn:
         {goosander}, {Mergus merganser}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word
   formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zool.)
   A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe
   and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver},
   {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See
   {Merganser}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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