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greylag

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ/Part of speech nounSorted aegglryStarts with GEnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.
  • Earlier, 250 more had flown to Rattray beach, nearly all pinkfeet although I saw four greylags and heard others.

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