scabby-nosed wavey

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a smallish white goose, Chen rossii, that breeds in the Far North.

Quotations

1945

. . . the Ross goose is in some quarters known as "galoot" and as "scabby-nosed wavy," nasty derogatory names. . . .

1956

Ross's Goose [is also known as the] scabby-nosed wavey ("N.W.T.," Alta.). . . .