Alternative forms embergoose, emmer-goose, imber-goose Etymology Calque of Norwegian emmer-gaas. Pronunciation (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛmbəɡuːs/ Noun ember-goose (plural ember-geese) The great northern loon, Gavia immer. 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 406:There is the distant cry of an embergoose, and then the moon slips up out of the grasp of the trees.