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wavey goose
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a wild goose, especially the snow goose.
Quotations
1902
Canadian and wavy geese by the tens of thousands made the stubble fields their feeding ground. . . .
1955
[I saw] Four Wavey geese, or greater snow geese, in Ike Mill's pasture.
1965
April in the Cree dialect of this area is Niskapesim, goose month. That means Canada geese; and September is Wawaypesim, wavy goose moon ("wavy" being English-Cree slang for blue and snowy goose).