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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The solan-goose.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun very large white gannet with black wing tips

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English soland : Old Norse sūla, gannet + Old Norse önd, duck.]

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