greylag

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

greylags plural graylag alternative

词源

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