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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 callplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CANADIAN GOOSE (noun)


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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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