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Egyptian goose

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A goose of the species Alopochen aegyptiaca.

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  • Afrikaans: kolgans — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Arabic: وَزَّة مِصْرِيَّة — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Breton: ar skilwaz-Egipt — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Bulgarian: египетска гъска (egipetska gǎska) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Catalan: oca d'Egipte — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 埃及雁 (āijí yàn) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Czech: husa nilská — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Danish: nilgås — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Dutch: nijlgans — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Egyptian: s-r:w-gb (srw) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Finnish: afrikanhanhi — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • French: ouette d'Égypte — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • German: Nilgans — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Greek: αιγυπτιακή χήνα (aigyptiakí chína) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Ancient Greek: χηναλώπηξ (khēnalṓpēx) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Hebrew: יאורית (yʼwryţ) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Hungarian: nílusi lúd — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Italian: oca egiziana — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Japanese: エジプトガン (ejiputogan) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Livvi: afrikanhanhi — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Maltese: wiżża tal-Eġittu — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Polish: kazarka egipska — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Polish: gęsiówka egipska — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Polish: gęś egipska — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Portuguese: ganso-do-egipto — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Romanian: gâscă egipteană — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Russian: ни́льский гусь (nílʹskij gusʹ) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Russian: еги́петский гусь (jegípetskij gusʹ) — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Northern Sami: niillačuonjá — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Shona: dada — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Slovak: húska štíhla — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Slovene: nilska gos — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Sotho: lefaloa — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Spanish: ganso del Nilo — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Spanish: ganso egipcio — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Swahili: Bata Bukini wa Misri — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Swedish: nilgås — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Tswana: legôu — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Turkish: mısır kazı — Alopochen aegyptiacus
  • Xhosa: ilowe — Alopochen aegyptiacus