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Canadian goose
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a kind of large gray goose, Branta canadensis, with a black head and neck and white cheek patches.
See: Canada goose
Quotations
1832
The common wild goose, of dark greyish colour, with a large white spot under the neck, is best known, and most abundant--the Canadian goose only differs from it in size.
1924
On both sides rose . . . birds of many kinds, eider duck, Canadian goose. . . .