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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GREYLAG

From grey + lag1, from its migrating later than other species.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GREYLAG

greylag  [ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREYLAG

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Greylag is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREYLAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

greylag

Greylag goose

The greylag goose, Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser. It was in pre-Linnean times known as the wild goose. This species is the ancestor of domesticated geese in Europe and North America. Flocks of feral birds derived from domesticated birds are widespread. The greylag goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies. Within science, the greylag goose is most notable as being the bird with which the ethologist Konrad Lorenz first did his major studying into the behavioural phenomenon of imprinting.

Definition of greylag in the English dictionary

The definition of greylag in the dictionary is a large grey Eurasian goose, Anser anser: the ancestor of many domestic breeds of goose US spelling: graylag.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREYLAG


beflag
bɪˈflæɡ
blag
blæɡ
clag
klæɡ
cornflag
ˈkɔːnˌflæɡ
flag
flæɡ
graylag
ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ
Gulag
ˈɡuːlæɡ
lag
læɡ
reflag
riːˈflæɡ
rolag
ˈrəʊˌlæɡ
slag
slæɡ
stalag
ˈstælæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREYLAG

greyback
greybeard
greybearded
greyed out
greyhead
greyheaded
greyhen
greyhound
greyhound race
greyhound racing
greying
greyish
greylag goose
greylist
greyly
greyness
Greys
greystone
greywacke
greywether

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREYLAG

black flag
Blue Flag
chequered flag
corner flag
fly the flag
Green Flag
jet lag
national flag
oflag
rainbow flag
red flag
signal flag
strike the flag
sweet flag
the flag
the Red Flag
time-lag
Union flag
white flag
yellow flag

Synonyms and antonyms of greylag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «greylag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREYLAG

Find out the translation of greylag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of greylag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «greylag» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

greylag
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

greylag
570 millions of speakers

English

greylag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Greylag
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

greylag
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Серый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greylag
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

greylag
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cendrée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Greylag
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイイロガン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 greylag
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greylag
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

greylag
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

greylag
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीलेग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yabankazı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

greylag
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сірий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Greylag
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

greylag
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

greylag
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

greylag
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Greylag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greylag

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREYLAG»

The term «greylag» is regularly used and occupies the 69.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREYLAG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greylag

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREYLAG»

Discover the use of greylag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to greylag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Social Life of Greylag Geese
A synthesis of more than 20 years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese.
Isabella B. R. Scheiber, Kurt Kotrschal, Josef Hemetsberger, 2013
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The Social Life of Greylag Geese
Social support in juvenile greylag geese (Anser anser). Diploma thesis, Institute of Zoology, University of Vienna. WeiIS B. M., Foerster K. (2013). Age and sex affect quantitative genetic parameters for dominance rank and aggression in ...
Scheiber et al
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Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms: Evolution and ...
In support of the involvement of social cognition, greylag geese show differentiated heart rate responses when watching third party interactions ( Wascher et al. 2009) and perform remarkably well in a transitive inference task ( Weiß et al. 2009 ...
Peter M. Kappeler, Nils Anthes, Ralph Bergmüller, 2010
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The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and ...
At the end of the 18th century the Greylag Goose had a much wider distribution than during the following century. It was well known as an inhabitant of the East Anglian fens, where it was known as the fen goose, and had existed there for many ...
Simon Holloway, 2010
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Homosexual Behaviour in Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective
Making. the. best. of. a. bad. situation: homosociality. in. male. greylag. geese. KURT KOTRSCHAL, JOSEF HEMETSBERGER AND BRIGITTE M. WElp Introduction The issue of homosexuality has been a taboo and/or a matter of ideological ...
Volker Sommer, Paul L. Vasey, 2006
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Dance of the Tiger: A Novel of the Ice Age
derful, fowl and fish and oysters are the best for me with my poor teeth, here's another good piece of wood, I think I have all I can carry now, so back home it is, Oh! how fine the house looks from here, I have to hand it to Greylag he keeps it up, ...
Björn Kurtén, 1995
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Birds in England
In Cambridgeshire, forexample, Greylag Geese bred until 1773 (Evans 1904) buttherewere noconfirmedrecords in the county between1800and “Christmas 1944” (Bircham 1989). Although attempts to reestablishbirds,presumably for hunting ...
Andy Brown, Phil Grice, 2010
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Man and Wildfowl
TYPES OF DOMESTIC GEESE; GREYLAG GOOSE DESCENDANTS We can conjecture that it was the Eastern Greylag rather than the Western race /l.a.anser (with which the British are more familiar in the wild) that was first domesticated, ...
Janet Kear, 2010
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The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland
Greylag Goose Anser anser S' ' \\. 1 I _. ~ . my") I 1 I 't\ ... I“-UH“, 0 F ' I" S' _ _e\\\¢\t\ F The Greylag Goose is for many people the wild goose, our only native breeding goose, and the ancestor of most domestic breeds. It is also the largest of our ...
Peter Lack, 2010
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Love and Hate: On the Natural History of Basic Behaviour ...
Pairs of greylag geese greet each other with the "triumph ceremony," in which the geese threaten past each other with their necks. The two geese are, as it were, directing a threat against another party, and this unites the two partners.
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREYLAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term greylag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Island geese control progress progresscont
The shooting is only permitted at certain times of the year as the greylag goose is protected in law -- even though there are now thought to be ... «The Scottish Farmer, Jul 15»
2
'Honk!' tells ugly duckling story
John Grunwald plays a turkey who can't stand the word “Thanksgiving,” and he plays Greylag, a veteran squadron leader of geese who dress ... «Fairfield Ledger, Jul 15»
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FACT brings 'Honk!' to Sondheim
Dee Ann Lantz as Maureen/Dot/ensemble; John Grunwald as Greylag/Turkey/ensemble; Roberta Sloat as Mother Swan/ensemble; Loreena ... «Fairfield Ledger, Jul 15»
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The dawn chorus reaches its peak with the final summer arrivals
There were two rock pipits among the whinstone boulders. A sandwich tern was off Alnmouth on May 7 and on May 13, five greylag geese were ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jun 15»
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Holiday guide to Huelva, Andalucía: the best beaches, hotels and …
The waters are packed with avocets, spoonbills, greylag geese, herons, flamingos, and various endangered ducks, although in high summer, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Kashmir's Hokersar lake major faces threat from encroachments
There are coots, greylag geese, mallards, teals, shovellers, pintails, gadwalls, wigeons, and purple moorhens in the reserve besides local birds ... «IBNLive, Jun 15»
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How to Train Your Velociraptor, 'Jurassic World' Style
In the 1930s by Konrad Lorenz, an animal behavioral scientist, showed that the common greylag geese exhibited this behavior. A large clutch ... «Discover Magazine, Jun 15»
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Nature notes: mute swans, Canada and greylag geese
Two kinds of goose are also widespread in Britain now — the Canada goose and the greylag goose. Both are descendants of birds that were ... «The Times, May 15»
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Liz Bonnin on Animals In Love: How a pair of greylag geese could …
Filming Animals In Love was an eye-opening experience in so many ways. Not only did I witness animal behaviours I hadn't seen before, but it ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
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opbmusic Presents: Greylag
Watch the rest of Greylag's studio performance at opbmusic.org. [+] read more[-] less. Share. Facebook; Twitter; Google+; Email. Comment. «NPR, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Greylag [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/greylag>. Apr 2024 ».
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