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Definition of Canada goose

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

Definition of Canada goose

1. Noun. A large goose, ''Branta canadensis''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Goose

Literary usage of Canada goose

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

1. Instructions and Methods Regarding Learning and Writing Bengali Language and by Edmund Saul Dixon, Nathan Brown, Art ancien S.A., Walter Taylor Field, Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.), Jyotish Chandra Ghose (1848)
"THE Canada goose. THE history of the Anser Canadensis, in a state of nature, and in captivity, has been so well and so fully written by the ablest ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"Although the Canada goose is considered as a northern species, the number of individuals that remain at all seasons in the milder latitudes, ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"A Banded Canada goose.— On December 13, I shot a very large Canada goose at the Pine Island Club, NC Both legs carried aluminum bands. ..."

4. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) Called also .—WILD GOOSE ; GRAY GOOSE ; HONKER Length—From I yard to 4^ inches. Male and Female—Head and neck black, ..."

5. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"THE name of the Canada goose indicates the country of which it is a native. Immense flocks occur about Hudson's Bay, and in the other boreal districts of ..."

6. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE Canada goose. Anser Canadensis. THE Canada goose is a species which has been well known in a state of domestication since the time of Willughby, ..."

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