| 词汇 | gabriel-s hounds |
| 词源 | Gabriel’s hounds. Gabriel’s hounds are wild geese, so called centuries ago because their sound in flight is like a pack of hounds in full cry. Legend has it that they are the souls of un- baptized children wandering in space until the Judgment Day. Gabriel here refers to one of the biblical archangels. |
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