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gronker
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a kind of large gray goose, Branta canadensis, with a black head and neck and white cheek patches.
See: Canada goose
Quotations
1785
[We saw] a very large species of gray goose--they have a deep harsh note, and are called Gronkers, by others Barren Geese, from its being assumed that they never lay eggs.
1959
Eastern Canada Goose [is also called . . . gronker. . . .