snow-goosen.
A northern (American) goose of the genus Chen, esp. C. hyperboreus, characterized by its pure white plumage.
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1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 16 Snow Goose, Anas nivalis.
1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 549 Snow Goose, Anser Grandinis..: head, neck, and body of a snowy whiteness.
1814 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VIII. 76 Snow Goose, Anas hyperborea.
1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 562 The geographical range of the Snow Goose is very extensive.
1860 M. Reid Hunters' Feast (new ed.) xxvii We had also a pair of Canada geese, a snow-goose, and three brant.
1884 G. P. Lathrop True x. 113 The snow-goose had already been heard piping in the air, on its southward flight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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