noun
Meaning 1
A large goose, Branta canadensis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cobra chicken
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Canada goose
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noun
Meaning 2
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: honker, Canadian goose, Branta canadensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goose
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abenaki: wôbtegwa — Branta canadensis
- Bulgarian: канадска гъска (kanadska gǎska) — Branta canadensis
- Carrier: khoh — Branta canadensis
- Catalan: oca canadenca — Branta canadensis
- Chinese Mandarin: 加拿大雁 (Jiānádà yàn) — Branta canadensis
- Cree: ᓂᔅᒃ (nisk) — Branta canadensis
- Plains-Cree: ᓂᐢᑲ (niska) — Branta canadensis
- Danish: canadagås — Branta canadensis
- Dutch: grote Canadese gans — Branta canadensis
- Dutch: canadagans — Branta canadensis
- Esperanto: kanada ansero — Branta canadensis
- Estonian: kanada lagle — Branta canadensis
- Faroese: øshvít gás — Branta canadensis
- Finnish: kanadanhanhi — Branta canadensis
- French: bernache du Canada — Branta canadensis
- French: outarde — Branta canadensis
- German: Kanadagans — Branta canadensis
- Greek: χήνα του Καναδά (chína tou Kanadá) — Branta canadensis
- Greek: χήνα της φυλής του Καναδά (chína tis fylís tou Kanadá) — Branta canadensis
- Halkomelem: áx̱e — Branta canadensis
- Hungarian: kanadai lúd — Branta canadensis
- Inupiaq: Iqsraġutilik — Branta canadensis
- Irish: gé Cheanadach — Branta canadensis
- Italian: oca del Canada — Branta canadensis
- Japanese: カナダガン (Kanada gan) — Branta canadensis
- Korean: 캐나다기러기 (kaenadagireogi) — Branta canadensis
- Lithuanian: Kanadinė berniklė — Branta canadensis
- Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh bitsiiʼ halzhinígíí — Branta canadensis
- Norwegian Bokmål: kanadagås — Branta canadensis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kanadagås — Branta canadensis
- Western Ojibwa: nika — Branta canadensis
- Ojibwe: nika — Branta canadensis
- Polish: bernikla kanadyjska — Branta canadensis
- Portuguese: ganso-do-canadá — Branta canadensis
- Romanian: gâscă canadiană — Branta canadensis
- Russian: канадская казарка (kanadskaja kazarka) — Branta canadensis
- Saanich: LOX̱ENE — Branta canadensis
- Northern Sami: kanádačuonjá — Branta canadensis
- Slovene: Kanadska gos — Branta canadensis
- Spanish: barnacla canadiense — Branta canadensis
- Spanish: ganso de Canadá — Branta canadensis
- Spanish: ganso canadiense — Branta canadensis
- Swedish: kanadagås — Branta canadensis
- Turkish: Kanada kazı — Branta canadensis
- Welsh: gŵydd Canada — Branta canadensis