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Definition: Canada Goose |
Canada GooseNoun1. Common grayish-brown wild goose of North America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Canada GooseSynonym: honker (n). (additional references) |
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| Branta canadensis |
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) belongs to the Branta genus of geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.
This well-known species is the only "black" goose native to North America. It breeds in Canada and the northern USA. Like most geese it is migratory, the wintering range being most of the USA.
There are up to 12 subspecies of this bird, of varying sizes and plumage details, but all are recognizable as Canada Geese. A few ornithologists consider that some of these races may be full species.
This species has reached western Europe naturally, as has been proved by ringing recoveries, but has also been introduced. The introduced birds are of the largest race, and have established feral populations in Great Britain, The Netherlands and Scandinavia.
Semi-tame feral birds are common in parks, and have become a pest in some areas. Interestingly, it is now proved that most Scandinavian and some British birds have established a migration pattern.
The black head and neck with white "chinstrap" distinguish this goose from all except the Barnacle Goose, but the latter has a black breast and grey, rather than brownish, body plumage.
The Canada Goose is depicted on the Canadian $100 note.
Photo of a Canada goose avoiding a predator
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Canada Goose."
Crosswords: Canada Goose |
| English words defined with "Canada goose": Wild goose. (references) |
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 | Female Canada goose setting on nest. Trying desperately to stay out of sight.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Canada goose in Iowa.Credit: Unknown. |
 | Canada Goose eggs.Credit: USDA. |  | Nesting Canada goose.Credit: USDA. |
 | Canada Goose with 16 Goslings in the Klamath Wildlife Refuge.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Acrylic painting of a Canada Goose by Robert Hautman, 205 N. Union Terrace Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441. The goose is standing on reeds by a Minnesota lake with feathers ruffling in the wind and sun. Bob's outstanding achievements also include 1995 Minnesota Pheasant Stamp, the 1992 and 1993 Minnesota State Duck Stamp, and the 1989 Nevada State Duck Stamp. Other honors include the Ducks Unlimited Flyway artist in 1996 and the featured artist at the prestigious Michigan Wildlife art show in 1990. As the third Hautman brother to win the Federal Duck Stamp Competition, Bob was the second place winner in the 1994 contest when his brother Jim won with a pair of mallards depicted on the 1995 stamp. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | Canada goose.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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canada goose | 1,040 |
bay canada goose | 348 |
canada goose picture | 25 |
canada goose decoy | 3 |
aleutian canada goose | 2 |
canada goose jacka | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Canada goose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Blackfoot | áápsspini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Canadisk gås, snegaas (snow goose), Kanadagås. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Canadese gans, sneeuwgans (snow goose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | oie des neiges, bernache du Canada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schneegans (snow goose, snowgoose), Kanadagans. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | καναδόχηνα, χιονόχηνα (snow goose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kanadai lúd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | oca iperborea (snow goose), oca delle nevi (snow goose), oca del Canada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | guiy Canadagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anadacay oosegay ganso-das-neves (snow goose), ganso do Canadá. (various references) barnacla canadiense, ánsar nival (snow goose, snowgoose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, RM:auca da Canada. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-e-g-n-o-o-s" | |
-2 letters: gasconade. | |
-3 letters: decagons. | |
-4 letters: acnodes, agendas, condoes, congaed, congoes, deacons, decagon, noodges, secondo. | |
-5 letters: acnode, adages, agenda, agones, anodes, ascend, cadges, canoed, canoes, codens, codons, cogons, condos, congas, conges, congos, dagoes, dances, deacon, dongas, dosage, gascon, genoas, godson, gonads, goosed, nodose, noodge, noosed, oceans, odeons, seadog, second, socage. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6E 61 64 61 47 6F 6F 73 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101110 01100001 01100100 01100001 00100000 01000111 01101111 01101111 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n a d a   G o o s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0061 0064 0061 0047 006F 006F 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678067706724181818571 |
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