blue goose

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a white-headed, gray color phase of the snow goose, Chen hyperborea, breeding on the Arctic islands.

Quotations

1795

Blue geese . . . are of the same size as the Snow Geese. . . .

1945

The Blue Goose is by no means a rare bird, yet until 1928 the nesting place of this waterfowl remained undiscovered.

1963

. . . the Cree Indians talk the language of the blue and snow geese and coax them right down to their shotgun muzzles.