snow goose

noun

blue goose in the white color phase

• Hypernyms: ↑blue goose, ↑Chen caerulescens

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noun

: a wild goose of the genus Chen (C. caerulescens) that is usually white with blackish primaries and a reddish or pinkish bill but exists in a genetic form with dark plumage, breeds chiefly in Arctic America, and migrates south — see blue goose, lesser snow goose

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a white North American wild goose, previously classified as the species Chen hyperborea but now considered the light color phase of the blue goose, C. caerulescens.

[1765-75, Amer.]

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snow goose noun

A white Arctic American goose (Anser or Chen caerulescens), with black-tipped wings

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Main Entry: ↑snow

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snow goose,

a white goose with black wing tips that nests in arctic regions and migrates to the southern United States in winter.

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n. a gregarious goose that breeds in Arctic Canada and Greenland, typically having white plumage with black wing tips. ● Anser caerulescens, family Anatidae