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Gray-lag

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (ns) Gray-lag
    the common gray or wild goose
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. grǽg; allied to Ger. grau, and L. ravus, tawny.

Usage in the news

"We've found that trees are already lagging in adaptation to climate change and are not performing as they should," said Laura Gray, a PhD student in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta. eponline.com

Usage in literature

He paced up and down the porch under the great gray columns, his steps spiritless and lagging. "The Valiants of Virginia" by Hallie Erminie Rives

The European stock is believed to be derived from the Gray Lag Goose, which is still found in Europe in the wild state. "Our Domestic Birds" by John H. Robinson

Then, when she was sent ahead, the gray was lagging again. ""I Conquered"" by Harold Titus

The cry of the wild grey-lag was described by Robert Gray in his Birds of the West of Scotland. "Birds and Man" by W. H. Hudson