"graylag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: graylags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} graylag (plural graylags)
  1. Alternative spelling of greylag Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: greylag Categories (lifeform): Geese Synonyms (greylag goose): greylag
    Sense id: en-graylag-en-noun-wQIwdLhq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1973, Ivan Newton MacCollom, Nancy Lloyd Badore, Exploring Psychology: Introductory Readings, page 405:",
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          "ref": "2012, Mikael Aktor, “Negotiating Karma: Penance in the Classical Indian Law Books”, in Ute Hüsken, Frank Neubert, editors, Negotiating Rites, page 24:",
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