wild goose

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.

Quotations

1744

The wild Geese come to these Rivers from the Southward in the Middle of April, as soon as the Swamps are thawed.

1897

It is commonly said that the breeding place of the wild goose has never been discovered, but here, at any rate, was the breeding place of these.

1959

Eastern Canada Goose (Branta canadensis canadensis) [is also called] wild goose (universal). . . .