solan-goose

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SOLAN-GOOSE, noun The gannet, (Pelecanus bassanus, ) as aquatic fowl found on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. It is nearly of the size of the domestic goose.
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