| 单词 | blue goose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue goose blue goose n. a colour morph of the snow goose, Anser (or Chen) caerulescens, with chiefly bluish-grey plumage. ΚΠ 1772 J. R. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 415 The blue goose is as big as the white goose; and the laughing goose is of the size of the Canada or small grey goose. 1876 Bull. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 8 137 During some seasons the blue geese are nearly as numerous as the white-fronted. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 240 The blue goose (Chen caerulescens)..has very rarely before been raised in captivity. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing iii. 271 The lesser snow geese, formerly classified as blue geese, are either dark or snow-white, with red bills and ocher-stained faces. blue goose Without distinctive addition or context, the word is applied to the common tame goose ( Anser domesticus), which is descended from the wild grey or greylag goose ( A. ferus or cinereus). The other numerous species are distinguished by adjuncts expressing colour, appearance, or habits, as black goose, blue goose, blue-winged goose, laughing goose, pink-footed goose, white-fronted goose, etc.; habitat, as fen goose, marsh-goose, etc.; native region, as American (wild) goose, Chinese goose, etc. See also barnacle goose at barnacle n.2 Additions, bean-goose n., brent-goose n. at brent n., Canada goose n. at Canada n.1 2, etc.extracted from goosen.< as lemmas |
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