BRANTA CANADENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Branta canadensis mean? 

• BRANTA CANADENSIS (noun)
  The noun BRANTA CANADENSIS has 1 sense:

1. common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

  Familiarity information: BRANTA CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRANTA CANADENSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Canadian goose; honker

Hypernyms ("Branta canadensis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Branta canadensis" is a member of...):

Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)