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/ˈɡɹeɪlæɡ/ · noun
A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak..
Since the war, migrant greylags have virtually deserted the Duddon estuary, so it is a source of great satisfaction that the WAGBI greylags have taken to roosting on the sands in mid-winter, flighting to and from the reserve.
Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.
Earlier, 250 more had flown to Rattray beach, nearly all pinkfeet although I saw four greylags and heard others.
Use greylag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Greylag means A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak..
Common synonyms include greylag goose, graylag, anser anser.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Since the war, migrant greylags have virtually deserted the Duddon estuary, so it is a source of great satisfaction that the WAGBI greylags have taken to roosting on the sands in mid-winter, flighting to and from the reserve.
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