BLUE GOOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue goose mean? 

• BLUE GOOSE (noun)
  The noun BLUE GOOSE has 1 sense:

1. North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter

  Familiarity information: BLUE GOOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE GOOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blue goose; Chen caerulescens

Hypernyms ("blue goose" is a kind of...):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blue goose"):

snow goose (blue goose in the white color phase)

Holonyms ("blue goose" is a member of...):

Chen; subgenus Chen (wild goose having white adult plumage)