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CANADIAN GOOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Canadian goose mean?
• CANADIAN GOOSE (noun)
The noun CANADIAN GOOSE has 1 sense:
1. common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
Familiarity information: CANADIAN GOOSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Canadian goose; honker
Hypernyms ("Canadian goose" is a kind of...):
goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)
Holonyms ("Canadian goose" is a member of...):
Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)
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