Definition of Chinese goose

1. Noun. Very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag.

Exact synonyms: Anser Cygnoides
Generic synonyms: Goose
Group relationships: Anser, Genus Anser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Goose

Chinese deity
Chinese desert cat
Chinese desert cats
Chinese dragon
Chinese dragons
Chinese edible frog
Chinese eight-ball
Chinese elm
Chinese evergreen
Chinese fire drill
Chinese fire drills
Chinese folk religion
Chinese forget-me-not
Chinese fried rice
Chinese ginger
Chinese goose (current term)
Chinese gooseberries
Chinese gooseberry
Chinese grapefruit
Chinese grapefruits
Chinese hamster
Chinese hamsters
Chinese hawthorn
Chinese hibiscus
Chinese holly
Chinese jujube
Chinese juniper
Chinese junipers
Chinese kale
Chinese lacquer tree

Literary usage of Chinese goose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"THE Chinese goose.—This goose (Anser cygnoides), called also the Hong-Kong Goose, ... Another distinguishing character of the Chinese goose is a dewlap, ..."

2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"It will be seen from the foregoing table, that some difference exists in the numbers of tlie dorsal and sacral vertebrae of the Chinese goose, as given here ..."

3. The Poultry Book: A Treatise on Breeding and General Management of Domestic by John C. Bennett (1850)
"THE Chinese goose. Some beautiful specimens of this variety were brought out from China by Fletcher Webster, Esq., and are now on the farm of the Hon. ..."

4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"Though little different in appearance from the gray lag, it is said to be a hybrid between the Chinese goose, the Toulouse breed, and sometimes the Embden. ..."

5. The Practical Poultry Keeper by Lewis Wright (1904)
"THE Chinese goose also occupies a position rather between geese and swans; ... A Chinese goose will generally lay about 30 eggs in a batch, and from three ..."

6. Memoirs Read Before the Anthropological Society of London by Anthropological Society of London (1870)
"The Common duck breeds with the Hooper swan. Chinese goose. Canada goose. ... Chinese goose. Spur-winged goose. Common duck. Common goose. Chinese goose. ..."

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