ember-goose

English

Alternative forms

• embergoose, emmer-goose, imber-goose

Etymology

Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmbəɡuːs/

Noun

ember-goose (plural ember-geese)

1. The great northern loon, Gavia immer.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 406:

     There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees.