bargander

noun

Etymology

Corruption of burrow + gander.

  1. derived from *ǵʰh₂éns
  2. inherited from *ganzô
  3. inherited from *ganʀō
  4. inherited from gandra
  5. inherited from gandre
  6. compounded as bargander — “burrow + gander

Definitions

  1. Synonym of shelduck.

    • Thanet has abundance of wild-fowl in a severe winter; and a bird, called the bargander, in Latin, chemaloper, often frequents the marshes and waters in it.

The neighborhood

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