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Canada goose   /kˈænədə gus/   Listen
Canada goose

noun
1.
Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call.  Synonyms: Branta canadensis, Canadian goose, honker.






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"Canada goose" Quotes from Famous Books



... hoopoe, vulture, robin, phoebe bird, bluebird, swallow, barn owl, flicker, oriole, jay, magpie, crow, purple grackle, starling, stork, wood pigeon, Canada goose, mallard, pintail, bob white and a few other species have accepted man at his face value and endeavored to establish with him a modus vivendi. The mallard and the graylag goose are the ancestors of our domestic ducks and geese. The jungle fowls have given us the domestic chickens. ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday



Words linked to "Canada goose" :   genus Branta, Branta, goose



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