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Definition of Canadian goose
1. Noun. Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call.
Generic synonyms: Goose
Group relationships: Branta, Genus Branta
Derivative terms: Honk
Definition of Canadian goose
1. Noun. (alternative form of Canada goose) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canadian Goose
Literary usage of Canadian goose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"THE Canadian goose. ANSER CANADENSIS. RAY. IN the genus Anser the neck is not so
much elongated as in the typical Swans, but considerably more so than in ..."
2. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2001)
"... which they find in the marshes this bird is a little larger than the brown
brant and a fourth less than the common wild or canadian goose. the head is ..."
3. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1849)
"... that the Canadian goose, kept in a domestic state in France, was found to
interbreed familiarly with the swans. Have any attempts been made to cause ..."
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