hutchins's goose

hutchins's goose
\\ˈhəchə̇nz(ə̇z)-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Thomas Hutchins died 1790 English attaché of the Hudson's Bay Company
: a variety (Branta canadensis hutchinsii) of the Canada goose closely resembling but smaller than the typical form, breeding in arctic America and migrating south through the U.S., but being rare east of the Mississippi

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