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Definition of Greylags
1. greylag [n] - See also: greylag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greylags
Literary usage of Greylags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael, James Carmichael Watson, Angus Matheson (1900)
"The root of this grass is sweetish, and much relished by the barnacles, greylags,
and other geese. Dried and cured, the grass is used in the Isles for ..."
2. Wild-fowl by L. H. De Visme Shaw, W. H. Pope, Alexander Innes Shand (1905)
"entirely fresh water, greylags are common. Mr. H. Leybourne Popham, who has
visited these parts for many seasons, says that these birds sit very badly to a ..."
3. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton: Giving a by Edward Thomas Booth (1901)
"In East Lothian and other parts of the south of Scotland these birds, as well as
the greylags, become a perfect nuisance from the depredations they commit ..."
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