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单词 bean-goose
释义

bean-goosen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bean n., goose n.
Etymology: < bean n. + goose n., apparently so called on account of the resemblance of the nail of the bill (nail n. 2e) to a horse bean (compare quot. 1776 and horse-bean n. at horse n. Compounds 2c).
A species of Goose ( Anser segetum): see quot. 1776.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of
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1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) II. ii. 576 Called..the bean goose, from the likeness of the nail of the bill to a horse bean.
1863 Spring Lapl. 14 In Lapland..bean, and white-fronted geese, flock in hundreds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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