ware goose

English

Etymology

So called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed.

Noun

ware goose (plural ware geese)

(obsolete, dialectal) The brent goose.

References

“ware”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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